Much Ado about Nothing

So if Texas executes a convicted murderer and rapist, it will do irreparable harm to relations with Mexico? Americans are kidnapped and killed by Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. Drug cartels kill civilians and state officials daily. Shoudl Mexico be really that hung up about a convicted murderer getting executed? I think not


The Atlantic -

"The case of a Mexican man scheduled to be executed on Thursday in Texas threatens to
disrupt U.S. diplomatic relations abroad and creates a politically volatile dilemma for Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who is considering a run for president.


Unless Perry or the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes to stay the execution, Texas plans to execute Humberto
Leal Jr. at 6 p.m. Central Time for the 1994 murder of 16-year-old Adria Sauceda.

The International Court of Justice ruled in 2004 that the United States violated the rights of Leal and more than three dozen other Mexican nationals on death row because law enforcement officials didn't advise them of their right to have consular access to officials from their home country under international law.....


Neither the Obama administration nor the Mexican government contend that Leal is innocent. Rather, they argue that the United States has an obligation to comply with international law. In a 76-page application to the Supreme Court for a stay, the Obama administration argued that the execution "would place the United States in irreparable breach of its international-law obligation." "That breach would have serious repercussions for United States foreign relations, law enforcement and other cooperation with Mexico, and the ability of American citizens traveling abroad to have the benefits of consular assistance in the event of detention," the administration wrote.