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Actually, it does appear that the treaty was ratified. However, Medellin had to ask for the Mexican consul to be notified. He claims he did, only it was more than 4 years after his sentencing before he made that claim. The police say he never asked, and transcripts of the trial appear to back the police.
Another fact - Medellin claimed to be a Mexican national (after he was convicted and sentenced), and although technically he was, he was brought to the United States when he was only 3 years old, could speak and write English fluently, and never showed any desire to go back to Mexico and live as a citizen there.
This issue was brought up for only 2 reasons:
1) Medellin was clearly attempting to game the system and save his own life.
2) Europe and Mexico, which do not have the death penalty, were using this case to prevent a lawful execution in Texas, which of course, does support the death penalty.
If you go to the last link I posted, you can read it all there.
Thank you for acknowledging that it is a valid treaty.
Did the authorities in Texas inform him of his right to speak with the Mexican consuls? That is part of the treaty.
The sad thing is, Texas could have followed the rules, allow him to have consular access, have the trial, convict and execute the scumbag and there would be no international issues and no dangerous precedent that could come to haunt Americans living and/or travelling overseas.