Mexico pursues appeal to stay executions in U.S.
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The Associated Press is reporting this morning that Mexico made an emergency appeal to the U.N.’s highest court today to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the United States.
‘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.’
-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City