Call for stay of execution on Mexicans in US

MEXICO yesterday called for urgent stays of execution for 51 Mexicans on US death row as it opened a World Court case arguing the United States had violated their “life or death” rights to consular help.

Mexico says US officials breached an international treaty by failing to inform the Mexicans of their right to consular assistance after their arrests.

In the highest-level bout of a lengthy fight with the US over the treaty, Mexico wants the International Court of Justice to rule the convicts should be retried because their rights were denied.