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H2809 After spending nearly 17 years on Texas death row, notorious Mexican Mafia enforcer Manuel Vasquez was executed by lethal injection for the brutal 1998 murder of San Antonio drug dealer Juanita Ibara — a killing prosecutors described as a cold-blooded cartel-style execution tied to gang extortion. The execution marked the end of a violent criminal … Read more
In one of the most controversial death penalty cases in recent Texas history, convicted gang member Licho Escamilla was executed by lethal injection after spending years on death row for the murder of Dallas police officer Norman Smith. His execution closed a violent chapter tied to gang warfare, police bloodshed, and a long legal battle … Read more
In a chilling conclusion to a case that haunted Indiana law enforcement for more than two decades, death row inmate Benjamin Donnie Ritchie was executed by lethal injection on May 20, 2025, for the fatal shooting of Beech Grove Police Officer William “Bill” Toney during a violent police chase in 2000. Ritchie, who spent nearly … Read more