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Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas

44 years old · died April 9, 2014 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, a Mexican national, was 44 when the State of Texas executed him by lethal injection in the death chamber at the Huntsville Unit on April 9, 2014. In his final statement he said he was at peace, thanked the prison officers and the warden, and blew kisses to his brother, sister and two friends who watched through a window. Mexico's foreign ministry protested the execution, saying it violated a International Court of Justice ruling on consular rights.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Mexico's foreign ministry protested the execution, saying it violated an International Court of Justice ruling on consular rights.

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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