Mexico Sues U.S. In International Court
Mexico filed suit Thursday against the US in the International Court of Justice in the Hague over the U.S.’s failure to comply with the Vienna Convention’s guarantee of allowing foreign nationals access to consular officials prior to interrogation. Mexico is also seeking provisional measures, essentially a temporary restraining order, against all capital prosecutions in the US against Mexican nationals until the case is resolved.
The Court has tentatively scheduled a hearing for January 20th to consider Mexico's request for provisional measures.
Mexico issued a press release about this today, in Spanish, we're looking for an English copy.
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