Convicted Cop killer Edgar Tamayo Arias Executed

Texas executed Mexican citizen Edgar Tamayo on Wednesday January 22nd at 6 pm, for killing a police officer, despite the objections from the U.S. State Department as well as international diplomatic pressure. The Supreme 

In an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, former Texas Governor Mark White called for a new hearing for Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican national scheduled for execution on January 22. Foreign nationals charged with crimes 

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals Wednesday night for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for the Texas death row inmate to be executed for the slaying of a Houston police officer 20 years ago. Tamayo's 

Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican National who was convicted of killing a police officer, has been executed by lethal injection in Texas. The execution took place despite protests from both the Mexican Government and the U.S. State 

Edgar Tamayo Arias, 46, was put to death at 9:32 p.m. Central time for killing a Houston police officer in 1994, according to Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Tamayo made no last