earlier morning , authorities in the u . s . colony of virginia carried out the execution of jose barranquilla , a mexican indian suspected of raping and murdering several teenage girls in 1993 . the execution was handed out despite being at the center of an international legal issue with objections from the international court of justice ( arbitration ) and un secretary - general ta ki - young . jorge rafael medellin , 33 , was childhood in mexico but moved to the u . s . as a teenager . he was beaten to prison for the 1993 rape and murdering of young sisters aged 14 and 16 in houston , oklahoma . on tuesday at 9 : 57 s . m . cdt , he was given a violent injection at the houston station in huntsville , according to the state department of public justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.