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Stay of Execution for Mexican National Denied by Texas Board, Despite Obama and UN Push for Stay

July 6, 2011 | by Houston Chronicle | Latino Daily News

President Obama and the United Nations had been pushing for a stay of execution for a Mexican national denied access to Mexico’s consulate after he was arrested for the 1994 rape and murder of a San Antonio teen, but the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole rejected the request Tuesday. continue reading »