conviction_status death_place death_date other_names conviction_penalty charge birth_date article_title name occupation
executed texas 26 august 1998 geno camacho death murder and kidnapping 14 september 1954 genaro ruiz camacho
 genaro ruiz camacho , jr. drug trafficker
genaro ruiz camacho

genaro ruiz camacho , jr. -lrb- september 14 , 1954 -- august 26 , 1998 -rrb- , aka geno camacho , was a cannabis smuggler in texas who was linked to five murders and eventually executed by the state of texas .
on may 20 , 1988 , david l. wilburn , 25 , unwittingly interfered when camacho and two accomplices tried to kidnap sam wright , 57 , evellyn banks , 31 , and banks 's 3-year-old son andre .
wilburn was shot in the back of the head .
after the murder , wright managed to escape , but camacho and his accomplices kidnapped evellyn and andre banks and killed them three days later .
after this , he fled to mexico .
the fbi learned via an informant that camacho had escaped to the town of arcelia , in guerrero state , mexico .
they requested that he be extradited to the united states , but the mexican authorities claimed that arcelia and the surrounding area were under the total control of heavily armed drug lords , and that any arrest attempt would result in a bloodbath .
instead , the fbi set up a sting operation to lure camacho back to the united states .
camacho was arrested as he crossed the border near mcallen , texas .
he was convicted of the murder of wilburn and the kidnapping and murder of evellyn and andre banks , and sentenced to death .
camacho had a last meal of steak , baked potato , salad , and strawberry ice cream , and was executed by lethal injection on august 26 , 1998 .
the execution had to be delayed by two hours , because of difficulties locating a suitable vein for the injection .
