 Vasquez was received by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on March 30, 1999.Initially the men's death row was at Ellis Unit, north of Huntsville, Texas, but in mid-1999 it moved to Polunsky Unit near Livingston, Texas.Vasquez's lawyer unsuccessfully argued that he should not be executed as he was mentally ill.

Vasquez apologized to the victim's family before he was executed by lethal injection at Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas on April 6, 2016.