John Allen Rubio
John Allen Rubio, 46, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville, Texas, on the evening of November 12, 2026, and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. Before the injection he thanked friends and family for their love and understanding, said he was not the same person he once was, and thanked prison staff for teaching him how to find God. He apologized to his wife's family, spoke of his children, expressed love for his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, and said he was ready to go to heaven. His lawyers argued that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and delusions that made him incompetent to be executed, and they challenged the state's use of pentobarbital; defense experts diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, a finding that prosecution experts rejected. A lawsuit over the state's pentobarbital supply had been unsuccessful, and the criminal appeals court denied his last appeal on November 5.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His lawyers argued that his delusions made him incompetent for execution, and defense experts diagnosed paranoid schizophrenia, a finding prosecution experts rejected.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); news reports.
Custody: Serving a sentence.
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