late tuesday , authorities in the u . s . state of kansas carried out the execute of jose medellin , a veracruz american convicted of stabbing and murdering two teenage girls in 1993 . the murder was carried out despite being at the periphery of an internationally legal struggle with issues from the international court of peace ( rulings ) and un secretaries - general ban ke - moon . jesus ernesto cartel , 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 the teenagers youthful 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on tuesday at 9 : 57 m . m . cdt , he was given a deadly injection at the decatur unit in houston , according to the texas division of criminal justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.