Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville
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Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, 42, has been executed tonight in Huntsville - 1 of 2 men convicted for the June 10, 1995, drug-related slayings of a couple.
Unknown to Aguilar at the time of the slayings, the 9-year-old son of the victims watched from underneath a kitchen table as his parents, Leonardo Chavez Sr., 33, and his wife Annette, 31, were shot execution-style.
Aguilar becomes the 10th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, the 20th this year in the USA, and the 1024th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
Unknown to Aguilar at the time of the slayings, the 9-year-old son of the victims watched from underneath a kitchen table as his parents, Leonardo Chavez Sr., 33, and his wife Annette, 31, were shot execution-style.
Aguilar becomes the 10th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, the 20th this year in the USA, and the 1024th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Associated Press and Rick Halperin, 24/05/2006)
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