during tuesday , authorities in the u . s . state of texas carried out the murder of jose medellin , a mexican man executed of raping and murdering a innocent girls in 1993 . the execution was worked out as being at the forefront of an international legal dispute with objections from the european court of justice ( icj ) and un secretary - general ban ki - moon . francisco ernesto medellin , 33 , was born in guatemala but moved to the s . s . as a child . he was sentenced to death for the 1993 rape and murders of two girls aged 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on tuesday at 9 : 57 p . m . 4:30 , he was given a lethal injection at the huntsville institute in huntsville , reporting to the texas institute of criminal justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.