late tuesday , government in the nation . s . state of texas brought out the execution of pedro escobar , a mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two teenage children in 1993 . the execution was passed out because being at the middle of an international legal disputes with objections from the hague academy of justice ( icj ) and un secretary - generals ban ki - sen . juan avila medellín , 33 , was born in mexico but moved to the u . s . as a child . he was tortured to death for the 1993 rape and kill of two girls adult 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on fridays at 9 : 57 e . m . 4:30 , he was given a lethal injection at the austin unit in houston , next to the texas department of chief justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.