first tuesday , authorities in the u . s . country of colorado sought out the execution of jose escobar , a venezuelan national convicted of raping and murdered two teenage girls in 1993 . the execution was handed out despite being at the center of an international legal argument with protesters from the international court of jurist ( icj ) and international secretary - general ban ki - moons . jose ernesto medellin , 33 , was located in mexico but moved to the u . s . as a child . he was executed to death for the 1993 rape and murder of the girls , 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on tuesday at 9 : 57 p . m . 2:30 , he was given a lethal execution at the huntsville unit in huntsville , according to the texas department of criminal justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.