Posted on 08/05/2008 7:08:19 AM PDT by NoKoolAidforMe
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — Texas officials cleared the way Monday for the execution of Jose Medellin, one of 51 Mexican nationals on U.S. death row, for his role with five other members of a Houston gang in the 1993 murder and rape of two teenage girls.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday rejected Medellin's request for a reprieve. Medellin, 33, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CDT today.
The decision violates the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, according to the International Court of Justice. President Bush ordered Texas to comply with that decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the treaty couldn't dictate state court actions.
For more background on this story.......
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5922356.html
Apparently, according to a recent article, Bush injected himself into this matter by asking Texas to review the case.
But, of course, he remains silent on the matter of Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean. And on the matter of the remaining two Haditha Marines still waiting for charges to be dismissed.
He chose to lie about his status.
Now that he has lost all avenues he admits he was illegal and now wants to speak to his consulate. OR rather his lawyers figured this out at the 11.75th hour.
This was also an attempt to deal a superiority claim to the same international tribunal that has TRIED to intervent before with “stays” to allow review.
I watched the interview Glen Beck had with the Texas governor last evening. The governor said he would wait until the pardon board made a decision before he decides about a reprieve, but his tone sounded like he had already decided to let the execution proceed today. After learning how the Mexican murderers tormented the 14 year old American girls who they raped, tortured, and murdered I would have no qualms whatsoever about hanging each of them from the highest tree in Texas if I were governor. God didn't give authority to individuals like me to execute murderers. But He did give that authority to government, and in fact He commanded government to do it.
If the Euroweenies don't like the way we handle vicious murderers Bush should tell them to them to tend to their own justice system and we'll tend to ours. But for some reason I can't understand he is so enthralled with anything and everything Mexican that he wants this vicious torturer-rapist-murderer spared his rightful punishment and sent home to Mexico where he would probably be welcomed with a victory parade. I voted for Bush twice and would again given the nature of the Democrat opposition he would surely face, but if there was any acceptable alternative in the primary I would vote for him or her instead of Bush.
> Wait till Jimmah gets buried.
I think Jimmah should be embalmed like Lenin, Mao and Ho Chi Minh.
Since January, more than 1,300 people have been killed in execution-style hits or gunned down in fire fights, which often rage for hours in broad daylight and turn residential neighbourhoods into war zones. If the trend continues, 2008 will top last year's toll of 2,500 deaths in drug-related killings.You don't hear so much about Americans at the Border. Too bad.
More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says Think about it. A man or woman killed in Iraq or Iran in the line of duty is a hero. But what is an American killed at home by an illegal alien because the government has failed in its sworn duty to guard the borders. This is a pact between the sovereign and the person has paid taxes and loyalty. The answer is to that question is pretty awful. And it bodes ill for the republic.
But is it true?
Yes, according Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.When you start digging into the numbers the only ones that can be sourced with the feds are the number of American murdered in 2005: 16692
I have seen federal numbers for illegals held in jail ranging from 19.3% to 27% of the federal prison population.
Here's a sampling of USA cities wanted for murder. What you'll see is that in big USA cities like LA or NYC most of the murderers are Hispanic. Unknown are the % of illegals. In smaller cities the FBI will post the nationalities of the murderers. About 25% of the most wanted are illegals wanted for murder. This number agrees with the percentage of illegals incarcerated in federal prisons. +-25%Pictures of top 10 most wanted in LA. Up until recent stories about crime in LA posted by the LA Times--the pictures included the nationality of the murderers. They were all foreign nationals and mostly Mexican.
Wanted for Murder in New York City.
Chicago wanted for Murder
Philadelphia wanted for murder
San Francisco wanted for Murder
New Orleans wanted for Murder
Pictures of suspects wanted for murder in Washington DC
FBI USA 10 most wanted. (two of 10 are Mexican nationals) Around 40% of the FBI's wanted for murder are Mexican Nationals
There are currently no exact numbers on the number of Americans killed by illegals. Part of the reason is that the government deliberately obscures the number. I talked on the phone with the head of statistics for the US Bureau of Prisons. He said his office wasn't allowed to publish the number of illegal alien murderers. Rather they were forced to put legal and non legal residents in the same category. He said further that most of illegals in the federal prisons were in for drug related charges. Most of the illegals in jail for murder were in the state prisons. I talked to ICE. They put out detailed numbers on illegal child molestors. However, they put out nothing on illegal murderers.
Part of the reason for the silence on the matter is that there is evidence to suggest that most Americans--but by no means all -- being killed by illegals are black--as is the suggestion in this LA Times Article. Also this article from the LA Times. And here. This makes intuitive sense. We see stories regularly of drug gang killings in Mexico but we don't see those same stories in the USA. The reason we don't see those stories is not because its not happening. Rather we don't see the stories about illegals killing blacks because that kind of story is terribly politically incorrect. The populations being displaced in downtown sanctuary cities especially are American blacks. That means that their criminal elements would be pushed aside by Mexican gangs as well. That's also the story that the wanted for murder posters in all the major cities seems to suggest.
Why isn't there an outcry in the black community? Beats me.
Nevertheless, the pattern of non reporting is starting to break. Discovery Channel has a series called Gangland that mentions ethnic cleasing of blacks by Mexican gangs. One woman in San Francisco who had her family killed by an illegal is even demanding the city to drop its sanctuary city status.
Reported Foreign Nationals on Death Row in the U.S.
To look at other USA cities go here http://stlouis.fbi.gov/ and replace stlouis with the city you want.
All that said the true number of criminal aliens is far higher than is revealed by criminal aliens in prisons. Most are simply waived through the courts.DHS Secretary Chertoff, has been quoted as warning that two million people in this country illegally have committed serious crimes. If you check the links you'll notice that its McCain who cites Chertoff. See also here and here Here is more info from Judicial Watch.
However the number of illegals on death row is far lower. Sadly, so many small towns and villages across America have sent their warriors off to war half way across the world only to see communities fill up with illegal aliens.
I hear ya. And IMO you can replace “Bush” with “McCain” and I’d feel the same way. In fact, I’m not voting for President as it stands now. And with every drop in the polls that Barry incurs I feel more confident in that decision.
The lines will be a lot longer in Arkansas when slick passes on. Years ago I made my sons promise that if I outlived clinton and was too infirm to transport myself that they would make sure I got there to piss on his grave.
From his appearance, he may already have been.
Almost exactly what I told a co-worker yesterday, except I did not mention the cigar. I do have a fresh box of assorted cigars I ordered off of Rush’s site, so I believe I’ll light one up myself.
bttt
From what I’ve heard about Jose, he literally has never set foot in Mexico. His parent’s brought him to the U.S. when he was three months old (obviously before he could walk). He spent his entire life in America. Calling him a “Mexican National” is pretty misleading.
Also, when Bush was govenor of Texas, Texas executed a Canadian for murder. Bush responded to the globalist crowd rightly back then saying if someone doesn’t want to be executed in Texas they shouldn’t murder anyone in Texas (or words to that affect). But ole “Jorge the Mexican Jumping Bean” sticks his nose in this case? Where anything regarding Mexico is concerned, Bush just doesn’t pass the smell test to me. Consider Campion & Ramos and the other police officers persecuted by Bush’s justice Dept., Specifically by Bush’s friend, Johnny Sutton.
I hope Texas doesn’t bow to any pressure and executes that scumbag rapist killer!
How sad that no one will torture and rape him for an hour before he dies.
I truly believe she was a changed person, having found Christ, and was ready to meet her maker...(& yes she had committed a horrific murder of another woman while on drugs)
But she still petitioned for pardon....
She found none from Bush this side of Heaven however.
He was steely determined that she should die.
She was, of course, an American citizen.
And she was executed.
If you care, go read Tucker Carlson's interview with Bush after Karla's execution.
I am not a Tucker Carlson fan, but this is very telling, if true.
Where is the interview? I remember and interview with the woman herself where she said she was resigned to it and she deserved to be executed for what she had done.
My point is WHY is Bush petitioning for these Mexican cold blooded murderers?.....when he had no qualms about letting this woman die (the first woman to die since the Civil War)
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