Mexicans blast execution of criminal alien murderer in Texas

Borderfire Report ^ | June 9, 2011 | Jim Khouri

[La Lydia]

Mexicans on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are protesting the upcoming execution of a criminal alien rapist and murderer scheduled for July 7, 2011, in Texas. Because the convicted killer is a Mexican citizen, the Calderon government is questioning the procedures that were utilized in sentencing the death row prisoner, Humberto Leal Garcia. The Mexican ambassador to the United States requested this week that Texas Governor Rick Perry delay the execution until a review is completed of the sentencing procedures.

The 38-year old Garcia faces the death penalty for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Adra Sauceda in San Antonio, Texas on May 21, 1994 . Besides Garcia, 50 other Mexicans are sitting on death rows in the U.S.

In a 2004 ruling, the International Court of Justice determined that the United States was not granting death penalty convicts from Mexico their right to legal assistance by their own country.

Mexico's legal system prohibits capital punishment and a treaty with the United States forbids Mexican authorities from extraditing criminals to the United States who face the death penalty if tried in states that utilize some method of execution.

However, a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision stipulates that the legal support of a foreign government -- or governments -- is not required in deciding whether to execute a foreign national convicted of a capital offense. The 6-3 majority ruled that state court judges are given the discretion to decide how a sentence is carried out.

That high court decision cleared the way for Texas to execute Mexican citizen Jose Ernesto Medellin by lethal injection in 2008.

However, the U.S. Congress is trying to resolve the conflicting court decisions with legislation. The pending congressional bill -- supported by the liberal-left -- would require states to obey requirements of international treaties, such as the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

The Mexican ambassador is urging Texas to delay final judgment on the execution until Congress decides what it will do.

Meanwhile, the Obama administration, which supports the bill, has threatened to withhold federal funding from states that stray from the rules of international treaties. His position angers U.S. Constitutionalists because it places foreign law on a par with U.S. founding documents and U.S. jurisprudence.

"President [Obama's] position and that of the far-left is that the U.S. Constitution is an important document as long as its provisions coincide with those of the United Nations and other internationalist organizations such as the European Union," said Mike Baker, an attorney and political strategist...

[Liz]

...........invade the upper part of Mexico and just clear it out and turn it into a 100 mile wide DMZ. Anyone found in the DMZ will be assumed to be hostile and taken out............

Why waste ammo on these lowlifes? Easier solution----landmine the borders.

[Levante]

“Execute the mofo ASAP. Ignore the Mexican Gov’t”

Better yet, BOMB the Mexican gov’t.

[is_is]

F@$* congress ....

[Liz]

........the Obama admin has threatened to withhold federal funding from states that stray from the rules of international treaties. "Obama's position and that of the far-left is that the US Constitution is an important document as long as its provisions coincide with those of the UN and other internationalist organizations such as the European Union," said Mike Baker, Esq, a political strategist...........

Sounds like something out of The Enabling Acts except those were in German. Mein Kampf might also be referenced.

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Ohaha is colluding with foreign govts to undermine US national security. These govts consider the United States an invader state---a foreign power imposed on Third World hellholes. They arrogantly refuse to refer to the US by its legal name. The USis known by Mexicans as el Norte, (“the North”), el Otro Lado (“the Other Side”), or Gringolandia (the “Anglo Entity”).

The Third World is financing border invasions----to build a Marxist Third World on US soil.

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WAITING TO GET THEIR ORDERS FROM MEXICO
Reconquista shock troops at Phoenix Capital protest, May 29, 2010.

2009---TEXAS DREAM ACT DEMONSTRATION
Just here for a better life. Oops, forgot to tell us they
are are conspiring to destroy the USA from within.

[Liberty Valance]

Out with the old ...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/19/ambassador-mexico-resigns-following-wikileaks-cable/

In with the new ...
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/06/09/obama_nominates_new_ambassador_to_mexico

[Eaker]

Build a gas chamber with bench seating.

Cheaper that way.

[La Lydia]

Could have been a lot worse.

[Liberty Valance]

I knew Tony Garza. I haven’t a clue as to the new ones.
The new nominee Wayne seems to have the kind of experience required for ‘failed states’ duty.

[La Lydia]

You know, I have been thinking about this. He chose a career foreign-service guy who has been in some dicey places. I think that is a good sign, in that he didn’t send in one of his ideologue friends to screw things up worse. I almost want to think that BO realizes he doesn’t know anything about Mexico and had better leave it to the experts. That would be surprising. The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, Arturo A. Valenzuela, who definitely had an agenda, who wasn’t even born in this country, and who might be characterized as anti-American, is leaving this summer. It could have been him, which would not have been good for our interests. Valenzuela sat on his hands when some very bad things were happening in Latin America. Menos mal.

[Cheetahcat]

How about all the Americans those Unwanted Smelly little Mexican chitazzes, execute here daily,with a gun knife or automobile.

[Lurking Libertarian]

"... the U.S. Congress is trying to resolve the conflicting court decisions with legislation. The pending congressional bill would require states to obey requirements of international treaties ..."

Two reasons I am not so angry at this:

1. Treaties are "the supreme Law of the Land." U.S. Constitution, Article VI.

2. If you get arrested while on vacation in a foreign country, wouldn't you want that country to let you call the U.S. embassy?

[The Iceman Cometh]

You know, there really is a problem with executing these foreign nationals. It's a serious problem that needs to be addressed.

The problem?

They aren't happening fast enough.

[Liberty Valance]

"I think that is a good sign, in that he didn’t send in one of his ideologue friends to screw things up worse. I almost want to think that BO realizes he doesn’t know anything about Mexico and had better leave it to the experts. That would be surprising."

Good post La Lydia. It is a good sign.

[sarasmom]

Nice attempt at deflection.

1.Article VI has several amendments and appendages. It is factually false to state that “Treaties are the supreme Law of the Land”, no matter how you punctuate it.

2.Yes, having traveled in many foreign nations,if I had ever been arrested and/or falsely accused of violating one of their laws, I would certainly attempt to contact the U.S embassy.

The reason I, and most people in the USA are angry about cases like this, is that foreign nationals who are provided with taxpayer funded public defenders,will attempt to circumvent OUR laws to “free the defendant” instead of ensuring justice prevails.
Jose, Pierre, Abdullah and Igor (and their lawyers) can not be allowed to refuse contact with their country of origin embassy, in order to set up an appeal on a “technical violation” to have their convictions thrown out.

I have a simple solution for our Congressional legislative “angst”.
Craft a bill requiring Prosecutors to notify the embassy of the accused foreign national’s claimed country of origin upon indictment.
Problem solved.

[allmendream]

About the trebuchet........

I can see it now.

Treaty obligations and the 0bama administration say we must return this man.

Texas law says we return him at 500 mph.

[La Lydia]

Medellin was not denied the right to contact the Mexican consul. The entire case revolved around the fact that he was not told -- we did not tell him -- he had a right contact the Mexican counsel. Such a ruling would be an extension of the Miranda warning, and one that would work to the disadvantage of law enforcement in dealing with Mexican (and other foreign) nationals who commit heinous crimes on our soil. And it isn't as if the guy didn't do it, didn't admit it and didn't brag about "virgin blood" to law enforcement after he strangled the little girl with her own shoelaces.

And you approve of treaties because they are the law of the land? What if the Senate ratifies a treaty that takes away your right to own a gun?

In Medellin, the Supreme Court ruled that a treaty is not binding domestic law unless Congress has enacted statutes implementing it or the treaty itself conveys an intention that it is "self-executing". I will not even go into the International Court of Justice part of Medillin, because it makes my head explode. Suffice to say that the Supreme Court ruled against Mexico's claim that US membership in the UN requires us to comply with ICJ rulings. Mexico and Medellin can pound sand and the sooner he is executed, the better.

Finally, as I posted twice above, there is no pending congressional bill would require states to obey requirements of international treaties. That bill died with the last Congress and hasn't been reintroduced, for reason posted above.

[exDemMom]

Yeah... abolishing the death penalty worked so well in Mexico, didn’t it? Last I heard, murder is rampant there.

Perhaps, instead of spending so much time trying to save the life of a murderer in the US, the Mexican government could reinstate their death penalty and enforce it. Maybe it’s too late at this stage, with open warfare in the streets, but it’s worth a try, isn’t it?

[La Lydia]

There is a popular movement in Mexico to bring back the death penalty.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Tell you what... you can drag the carcass BACK to mexico when we’re done.

Do it like the Chinese, charge the family for the cartridge use to execute the POS.

For sure, Texas justice cuts down the rate of recidivism!

Regards,
GtG

[Razz Barry]

Mexico's legal system prohibits capital punishment and a treaty with the United States forbids Mexican authorities from extraditing criminals to the United States who face the death penalty if tried in states that utilize some method of execution.

Mexico's lack of capital punishment explains a lot.