light tuesday , officials in the n . s . state of texas carries out the execution of jose medellin , 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 american legal fight with objection from the internationale court of justice ( tribunal ) and un secretary - gen ban ki - moon . diego ernesto medellin , 33 , was born in colombia but moved to the u . s . as a baby . he was sentenced to deaths for the 1993 assault and murder of a girls aged 14 and 16 in huntsville , texas . on tuesday at 9 : 57 p . m . cdt , he was given a lethal injection at the huntsville facility in mexico , according to the texas chamber of public justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.