Obama Tries To Block Execution of Mexican National Who Raped And Murdered 16-Year-Old

Back in 1994, 16-year-old Adria Sauceda attended a house party in San Antonio. Either voluntarily or involuntarily or a mixture of the two, she was given large amounts of alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana, pulled into the backyard and gang raped in turn by a group of eight men. One of them was Humberto Leal, a Mexican national who was brought to America illegally at the age of two.

Leal then kidnapped the teenager, took her to a remote location and then raped her repeatedly, finally murdering her by crushing her skull with a 35 lb chunk of asphalt. When the police found Sauceda's body,it still had a stick with a screw protruding from it that Leal had used to rape her with and left shoved into her corpse.

Leal was found guilty of rape, kidnapping and murder and given the death penalty. There's never been any serious doubt about his guilt.

But President Obama and the usual 'international law' lobby wants him given life imprisonment, and perhaps even released to the Mexican authorities.

The grounds for this is that Leal was a Mexican national, and when he was arrested he was not given the opportunity to contact the Mexican Consulate under the Vienna Convention.

Leal's lawyers argue that his not receiving consular access played a role in the death penalty being applied because Leal incriminated himself in statements he made during interviews with the police on the day of the murder. Their point is that if Leal had access to the Mexican consulate they might have hired him a lawyer who would have advised Leal not to talk to the police, thus allowing him to evade justice.

This is a similar case to the brutal rape and murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Pena, who were abducted off the streets, raped, tortured and sodomized for hours, and then strangled with their own shoelaces by a gang led by an illegal alien, Jose Medellin. Ultimately, on April 8th, 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of states rights over international law that international court decisions cannot be forced upon the states and saying specifically that that Texas had the right to execute Mexican nationals who had found guilty of murder in Texas. Medellin was finally executed, and given a much more merciful death than he gave his victims.

A Federal judge, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia reaffirmed the Supreme Court's ruling last month, saying that the consulate claim was “utterly lacking in arguable merit.”

But that isn't good enough for President Obama. The president, the father of two young daughters, is lobbying heavily to have Leal's sentence commuted to defer to 'international law'. He's even formally asked the Supreme Court to stay Leal's execution while he tries to get the Democrats in the Senate to get the ball rolling on legislation that would prohibit murderers like Leal from being executed, and even turn them over to Mexican Authorities.

The White House claimed in a 30 page brief filed with thhe High Court that executing Leal would do harm to US interests. "These interests include protecting Americans abroad, fostering co-operation with foreign nations, and demonstrating respect for the international rule of law," it said.

It says something basic about President Obama that he would attempt to allow Leal to escape justice.

So far, Texas Governor Rick Perry has stood firm and Leal is scheduled to finally be executed July 7th, after gaming the system for 17 years more of life then he allowed his victim.

Stay tuned..

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