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Texas set to execute Mexican Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas Texas executes Mexican Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas
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A man who escaped prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico is set to be executed by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing. A man who escaped from prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico has been executed by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing.
Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, 44, was in the US illegally when he killed a university professor who had hired him to work on a home renovation project.Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, 44, was in the US illegally when he killed a university professor who had hired him to work on a home renovation project.
The execution is expected to go forward after Texas' parole and pardons board refused to delay his case. The execution by lethal injection went ahead after Texas' parole and pardons board refused to delay his case.
Hernandez-Llanas would be the sixth Texas prisoner executed this year. Hernandez-Llanas is the sixth Texas prisoner executed this year.
He is also set to be the second person this week executed in the state by lethal injection with a new supply of pentobarbital. He was the second person this week to be executed in the state by lethal injection with a new supply of pentobarbital.
This week a US appeals court rejected a bid by lawyers for Hernandez-Llanas and another death row inmate, Tommy Lynn Sells, to learn who is supplying Texas with the drug.This week a US appeals court rejected a bid by lawyers for Hernandez-Llanas and another death row inmate, Tommy Lynn Sells, to learn who is supplying Texas with the drug.
They argue they need to know the source in order to ensure the executions will not be botched by the use of expired or ineffective drugs.They argue they need to know the source in order to ensure the executions will not be botched by the use of expired or ineffective drugs.
But Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials have refused to identify the source of the sedative, saying secrecy is needed to protect the provider from threats of violence. But Texas officials have refused to identify the source of the sedative, saying secrecy is needed to protect the provider from threats of violence.
Mental impairment claimMental impairment claim
In 1997, Glen Lich, 49, hired Hernandez-Llanas to work for him. Hernandez-Llanas was pronounced dead at 18:28 local time (23:28 GMT).
In 1997, Glen Lich, 49, hired Hernandez-Llanas to work for him to help renovate his ranch near the city of Kerrville.
Unbeknownst to Lich, Hernandez-Llanas had recently escaped from a Mexican prison where he was serving a 25-year sentence for a 1989 murder.Unbeknownst to Lich, Hernandez-Llanas had recently escaped from a Mexican prison where he was serving a 25-year sentence for a 1989 murder.
Several days later, Hernandez-Llanas lured Lich away from his house by telling him falsely there was a problem with a generator. He beat the man to death with a length of steel rebar, then entered the house and attacked Lich's wife.Several days later, Hernandez-Llanas lured Lich away from his house by telling him falsely there was a problem with a generator. He beat the man to death with a length of steel rebar, then entered the house and attacked Lich's wife.
Sentenced in 2000 for Lich's murder, he was among more than four dozen Mexican nationals awaiting execution in the US in 2004 when the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, ruled they had not been properly informed of their consular rights when arrested.Sentenced in 2000 for Lich's murder, he was among more than four dozen Mexican nationals awaiting execution in the US in 2004 when the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, ruled they had not been properly informed of their consular rights when arrested.
Another one of those Mexican nationals, Edgar Tamayo, 46, was executed by Texas in January despite objections of both the Mexican and US governments.Another one of those Mexican nationals, Edgar Tamayo, 46, was executed by Texas in January despite objections of both the Mexican and US governments.
Euclides del Moral, a Mexico foreign ministry official, said on Tuesday "the execution of a Mexican national is of great concern".Euclides del Moral, a Mexico foreign ministry official, said on Tuesday "the execution of a Mexican national is of great concern".
But the issue did not play a large part in Hernandez-Llanas' appeals, which focused primarily on claims that his mental impairment made him ineligible for the death penalty.But the issue did not play a large part in Hernandez-Llanas' appeals, which focused primarily on claims that his mental impairment made him ineligible for the death penalty.