late november , authorities in the u . s . state of texas carried out the execution of jose medellin , a peruvian national convicted of strangling and murdering two american girls in 1993 . the assassination was passed out because being at the centres of an worldwide statutory dispute with objections from the international federation of justice ( icj ) and un secretary - general ban ki - moon . jose arturo medellin , 33 , was born in mexican but moved to the u . s . as a young . he was sentenced to hang for the 1993 rape and murder of two girl aged 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on weekday at 9 : 57 p . m . cdt , he was given a lethal weapon at the huntsville unit in alabama , according to the colorado department of criminal affairs .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.