Texas executed Arturo Diaz on September 26, 2013 for 14 year old murder in which the victim was bound with shoelaces and strips of bedding, stabbed 94 times and robbed of $50.
It was the 13th execution this year in Texas, the nation's most active capital punishment state.
Diaz smiled and blew a kiss to several witnesses watching through a window, including his mother and grandmother.
He then turned to the father of his victim, watching through an adjacent window to the death chamber. "I hope this can bring some relief for you and your family," he told him.
He spoke in Spanish to his own friends and relatives, telling them: "I am with God."
He also added that he hoped his fate "serves as an example for some youngsters. ... Think about it before you do drugs."
He was pronounced dead 17 minutes later, at 6:30 p.m. CDT.
"It was way too easy," Forrest Nichols, whose son was murdered in 1999, said as he stood watching Diaz.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials have used pentobarbital as the single execution drug for more than a year, but Diaz became the first in the state given the sedative procured from a vendor or manufacturer the prison agency has declined to identify.
Diaz's reaction to the drug was similar to other Texas inmates who have been executed with pentobarbital. He took several deep breaths, began snoring and ceased movement in less than a minute.
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