Jose Medellin executed in Texas

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Relatives of death row inmate Jose Medellin try to comfort one another in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where Medellin was born. Medellin was executed in Huntsville, Texas.

Medellin executed

( Marcos Esquivel / European Pressphoto Agency )

Relatives of death row inmate Jose Medellin try to comfort one another in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where Medellin was born. Medellin was executed in Huntsville, Texas.

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