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Article: Mexico confident it will win court battle with United States over death penalty
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- December 12, 2003
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IOAN GRILLO, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-12-2003
Dateline: MEXICO CITY
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Friday he was confident Mexico will win an International Court of Justice battle to cancel the executions of 54 Mexican citizens on death row in the United States.
The Mexican government has claimed it is illegal to kill the prisoners because they were refused their right to legal assistance from the Mexican consulate. The United States argues that granting Mexico's request to cancel the executions would violate U.S. sovereignty.
"This is a very important case for Mexico, and we will not fail. Not one Mexican who has been denied his consular rights (in the ...