The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal made by the lawyers of Ramiro Hernández Llanes, a Mexican national that will be executed in Texas on April 9.
The appeal was one of the last resources available to prevent the execution of Hernández Llanes, who was condemned of killing a man that employed him in his ranch in Kerrville, Texas.
According to a report from the AFP, quoted by Yahoo News, Llanes' lawyers had requested the Supreme Court to revise the Mexican man's case arguing that he was not properly informed about his consular assistance rights after being arrested, and deficient legal help.
However, this resource was dismissed by the Supreme Court, without the Court revealing the reasons to reject the appeal, which is why Hernández will be executed by lethal injection on April 9 at 6:00 p.m., local time, in Huntsville, Texas.
Born in Tamaulipas, Mexico, Hernández Llanes, 44, was sentenced to death in 2000 for the murder of Glen Lich, 48, who hired him in his San Antonio ranch in 1997. Hernández was also accused of repeatedly raping Lich's wife after the murder.
According to KSAT.com, in 1997, the Mexican man's defense argued that he was mentally handicapped, and could not be sentenced to death, however, this resource wasn't approved.
Ramiro Hernández Llanes will become the 10th Mexican to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reactivated in 1976.
Hernández Llanes is one of the 51 Mexicans sentenced to death in the US, protected by the International Court of Justice, a measure which orders the US to revise all the cases under the premise that the arrests and trials presented violations to their guarantees as foreign citizens.
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