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Arizona Executes Honduran Citizen Despite International Appeals

HeadlineApr 22, 1998

Despite international appeals, Arizona has executed a Honduran citizen convicted of a 1983 murder. Jose Roberto Villafuerte said he loved everyone and would be joining the Lord, just before he was given a lethal injection of drugs early today. The president of Honduras made an unsuccessful personal plea by phone to state officials last night. Honduras objected to the execution, saying it wasn’t notified when Villafuerte was first arrested, violating an international treaty. Earlier today, Missouri executed a man for killing a state trooper. And this evening, Texas is scheduled to put to death a man for killing a woman in 1977 when he was 77 years old.

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