Late Tuesday, authorities in the U.S. state of Texas carried out the execution of José Medellín, a Mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in 1993. The execution was carried out despite being at the center of an international legal dispute with objections from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. José Ernesto Medellín, 33, was born in Mexico but moved to the U.S. as a child. He was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and murder of two girls aged 14 and 16 in Houston, Texas. On Tuesday at 9:57 p.m. CDT, he was given a lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
late tuesday authorities in the u s state of texas carried out the execution of josé medellín a mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in 1993 the execution was carried out despite being at the center of an international legal dispute with objections from the international court of justice icj and un secretary general ban ki moon josé ernesto medellín 33 was born in mexico but moved to the u s as a child he was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and murder of two girls aged 14 and 16 in houston texas on tuesday at 9 57 p m cdt he was given a lethal injection at the huntsville unit in huntsville according to the texas department of criminal justice