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Originally Posted by SgtRock  What is your solution? Should we spit on the families of the victims and deny justice? Should we turn Medellin over to a corrupt Mexican government? What is your solution? |
Abide by our obligations. Be people of our word. Here is what I envision happening:
1. The executions are delayed.
2. The Mexican consulate is provided with the necessary information to conduct their reviews of the situations and to inform whomever they wish of what actions they intend to take.
3. Perhaps some additional legal wrangling will result, especially if the Mexican government can show some reason why their not being informed casts some doubt on the guilt of the men.
4. Texas will finally execute the men.
I view this issue as largely procedural. It
could (there is a small chance)result in the men being returned to Mexico, but I highly doubt they would simply be set free there. That is
not in the Mexican people's interest, and they know it. It is my understanding that there are legal avenues that would prevent their being simply set free there, if they were returned.
I could ask you the same thing in reverse: What would you say a few years from now to a family whose plausibly innocent son is being held in a foreign country? Please understand that I mean a hypothetical country who would be using this case as their rationale for not abiding by agreements
they made to us under these same treaties. This is certainly not far-fetched... after all, we do have many many thousands of Americans who enter Mexico each year.
Please understand that I think both your question and mine are erroneous in that the intent of asking them is to evoke emotional, rather than reasoned, decision making. Such decision making is short-sighted and in the medium and longer term reduces, rather than increases, justice.
You seem to think that if the Texas governor capitulates, no justice will be done upon these criminals. Can you cite in the article, or in some other article, where this is indicated?