Texas must respect US and international law by staying execution of Edgar Tamayo

By Federico Mayor and Bill Richardson, Global Post

GENEVA — Edgar Tamayo Arias, an inmate on death row in Texas, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Jan. 22. At stake is not only the life of this 46-year-old Mexican national, but also Texas’ respect for the Constitution of the United States and for international law. The case highlights how states treat detained foreign nationals, especially those facing capital punishment.

The case has attracted widespread attention from several sources, including the US State Department, the Mexican government, the International Court of Justice and the international community.

Tamayo, a native of Mexico’s Morelos state who came to the US to find work when he was 19 years old, was sentenced to death in October 1994 for the murder of Houston police officer Guy Gaddis in January that year. We do not doubt the seriousness of the crime, but the execution of Tamayo would be a clear breach of US and international law.

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