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Mexico pursues appeal to stay executions in US By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 52 minutes ago



THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Mexico made an emergency appeal to the U.N.'s highest court Thursday to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the U.S.

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Mexico's chief advocate Juan Manuel Gomez-Robledo said the U.S. was "in breach of its international obligations" by disregarding a 2004 judgment by the U.N.'s International Court of Justice, which ruled Mexicans were denied the right to consular advice after their arrests, as guaranteed by an international treaty.

The court, informally known as the World Court, has ruled that the Mexicans were entitled to "review and reconsideration" of their trials and sentences to determine whether the violation of the 1963 Vienna Convention affected their cases.

President Bush accepted the judgment and asked state courts to review the cases.

Texas refused, and the issue went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled last March by a 6-3 vote that Bush lacked the authority to compel state courts to comply with the judgment from The Hague. The Vienna Convention cannot be binding on the states unless Congress enacts legislation enforcing it as federal law, the Supreme Court said.

Mexico asked the World Court for an "interpretation" of its earlier ruling to clarify what it meant when it asked the U.S. to "review and reconsider" the cases of the condemned prisoners, and in the meantime to order the halt of the execution timetable.

Gomez-Robledo said that without urgent action now, five Mexican nationals "will be executed before the conclusion of these proceedings."

U.S. representatives were due to respond later Thursday before the 13-member tribunal.

Sandra Babcock, representing Mexico, said the World Court's decision four years ago referred to 51 Mexican nationals. Since then, 33 had sought reviews of their cases in state courts.

Only one request was granted, Babcock said. A second inmate accepted a life sentence in exchange for waiving his claim for a review.

"All other efforts to enforce the judgment have failed," she said.

Mexico listed five of its citizens slated to die. The first, on Aug. 5, is Jose Medellin, 33, condemned in the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago.

Texas authorities have said Medellin's case has been reviewed by state and federal courts and that he had been given the same right as any American citizen.

But Mexico said in its appeal to the World Court that the U.S. obligation to follow international law also applies to individual states. "The United States cannot invoke municipal law as justification for failure to perform its international legal obligations," it said.

The International Court of Justice is the U.N.'s judicial arm for resolving legal disputes among member states. Its decisions are binding and not subject to appeal, and only rarely have they been defied. Though it has no power of enforcement, the court can report any failure to abide by its decisions to the Security Council.
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cherokee316 read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 6:21 AM

If Mexico don't want us executing it's citizens then they need to do more to help us keep them from illegally entering our country.

gimini210 read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 7:59 AM

Let them pay to put up fences in Mexico to keep their citizens over there or they can shut up when those same people come over here and kill ours. They got mad when we started to send them all back so they cn't have it both ways. It is not our job to house and feed their killers.

DogJ read my blog
Jun 19, 2008 | 9:02 AM

Just to clarify, Texas is executing murderers. The fact that they are illegal aliens is merely a side note.
Mexico should spend more time informing possible border jumpers to the consequences of committing certain crimes in the US.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

JohnKJR read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 9:15 AM

How about Mexico give the USA 2 barrels of oil for every illegal that is here from thier oil rich country? As reperations.

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 11:20 AM

How about we just set up some points along the border and shoot them on the way in?.. that should solve the issue!

Galanthias read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 12:35 PM

Yeah, I bet they invade us if we don't stop execuations of Mexican citizens.

Oh wait.....they already started that.

gimini210 read my blog view my photos
Jun 19, 2008 | 4:54 PM

I like the shoot them as they cross, I bet that would work.

Jordan read my blog
Jun 19, 2008 | 8:53 PM

It seems funny that Mexico wants to interfere in our county’s justice system, but doesn’t want us interfering in theirs. Nor are they hesitant to ask this blood thirsty barbaric country to help them with financial support in their fight against the drug cartels that are killing their own people and police officers in their drug wars. Maybe if they started executing some of their own killers we wouldn’t have to.

ralex read my blog view my photos
Jun 20, 2008 | 7:13 PM

Good point Jordan!

Confram read my blog
Jun 21, 2008 | 10:05 AM

johnkjr, i think this is the first time i've agreed with you on anything but i guess there's a first for everything :) Instead of what you said i think we just just go and TAKE 2 barrels or hell make it 6 barrels per illegal. Isn't that what they are doing, TAKING our jobs, taking our state assisted programs which should be going to americans anyway and not to worthless kid factories. Hell if we did a mass deportation economy would definetly go up.

Galanthias read my blog view my photos
Jun 21, 2008 | 11:40 PM

Creo tambien que debemos tirar a todos los inmigrantes ilegales mientras que cruzan en America

Busybee read my blog
Jun 22, 2008 | 7:35 AM

Galanthias, translation please. No speak or read Spanish. :)

Busybee read my blog
Jun 22, 2008 | 7:35 AM

Galanthias, translation please. No speak or read Spanish. :)

Confram read my blog
Jun 22, 2008 | 8:34 AM

yeah lets post a comment that we know most can't even read.

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 24, 2008 | 6:50 AM

According to Igoogle translate it says:
I also believe that we should throw all illegal immigrants while crossing into americas

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 24, 2008 | 6:57 AM

Me alegra ver que todos parecen estar de acuerdo.

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 24, 2008 | 6:57 AM

Me alegra ver que todos parecen estar de acuerdo.

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 24, 2008 | 6:58 AM

I will save you the translator..
I am glad to see that we all seem to agree.

Confram read my blog
Jun 24, 2008 | 2:50 PM

searching, " I also believe that we should throw all illegal immigrants while crossing into americas" maybe i'm retarded but that statement makes no sense to me.

Searchingtoo read my blog view my photos
Jun 24, 2008 | 3:17 PM

It is a literal translation.. I think that gala was just agreeing with us in spanish..

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cherokee316

Over the hill and going up the next one,and after reading many of the politically motivated blogs here I just want to say,an airplane can't fly with just one wing whether it be right wing or a left wing it will just fly in circles like a dog chasing its tail.

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