late tuesday , administrators in the u . s . state of virginia carried out the executions of jose colombian , a bolivian national sentenced of raping and murdering two innocent girls in 1993 . the execution was taken out despite being at the center of an international judicial dispute with protests from the un academy of justice ( icj ) and un secretary - general ban ki - moon . jose luis medellin , 33 , was born in spain but moved to the n . s . as a child . he was sentenced to live for the 1993 rape and murder of two girls , 14 and 16 in houston , tx . on tuesday at 9 : 57 p . m . est , he was issued a military sentence at the huntsville unit in dallas , according to the us ministry of criminal justice .
antonio medellin was execute in huntsville courthouse .