article_snippet: The injection of Manuel Vasquez with a lethal dose of pentobarbital leaves Texas with enough of the powerful sedative to carry out only one more execution.
article_snippet: Manuel Vasquez was the fourth Texas inmate put to death this year, and at least six are scheduled for execution in the coming weeks.
article_snippet: Texas prison officials, like those in other death penalty states, have found it increasingly difficult to find suppliers to provide drugs intended for capital punishment use.
article_snippet: The lethal injection of Manuel Vasquez on Wednesday evening at Huntsville prison in Texas would leave T officials in the nation's most active death penalty state with enough pentobarbital to carry out only one more execution until T officials are able to obtain a new supply . '
article_snippet: Texas next execution is scheduled for next week.
article_snippet: Executions set for April in the nation's most active death penalty state will require a new lethal drug supply to be carried out.
article_snippet: I remain optimistic we'll be able to carry out executions according to the schedule,' Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has told The Associated Press. '
article_snippet: Vasquez' execution is the 522nd in Texas since the nation's most active death penalty state reinstated capital punishment in 1976.