UN urges Texas to halt execution of Mexican national
[JURIST] Officials from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] appealed [UN News Centre report] to Texas Governor Rick Perry [official website] Friday to stop the execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia [advocacy website], alleging he did not receive a fair trial. When Leal Garcia was arrested for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, he was denied consular access, as required by the Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular…