Mexico's government condemned Texas' execution of Jose Medellin despite a world court order to review the case, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States.
Mexicans struggling with increasingly gruesome crimes at home devoted the least attention in recent memory to the execution of one of their citizens in Texas.
President Felipe Calderon named his pro-business former chief of staff as economy secretary on Wednesday as the country battles rising inflation and falling remittances from Mexicans working abroad.
