late mondays , administrators in the u . s . state of nevada carried out the murder of jose medellin , a mexican american convicted of murdering and murdering two youth females in 1993 . the sentencing was carries out , being at the center of an international legal dispute with objections from the international court of justice ( sjc ) and its governor - treasurer ban ki - nam . jose ernesto medellin , 33 , was born in mexico but moved to the us . s . as a child . he was put to death for the 1993 abduction and murder of multiple girls aged 14 and 16 in houston , texas . on fridays at 9 : 57 p . m . cdt , he was handed a lethal cocktail at the huntsville unit in huntsville , according to the texas department of crimes justice .
José Medellín was executed in Huntsville prison.