NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Mexican Citizen’s Execution Delayed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Houston judge postponed until September the execution of a Mexican national convicted of killing a Houston police officer in 1982. Ricardo Aldape Guerra, 30, had been scheduled to die early today. Mexican government officials attending the hearing applauded Judge Woody Densen’s decision, saying they will still seek to have the execution permanently blocked. Aldape’s conviction sparked a diplomatic uproar in 1982 amid claims he was wrongly found guilty and was the victim of racism.
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