John Allen Rubio set to become 14th person from the Rio Grande Valley to be executed in Texas
Huntsville, TX (KRGV) — Brownsville man John Allen Rubio is set to be executed on Thursday, more than 20 years after he killed his three children.
Rubio is set to be executed via lethal injection in Huntsville just after 6 p.m. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously denied Rubio clemency.
Since his 2003 arrest, Rubio has said he killed 3-year-old Julissa, 1-year-old John, and 2-month-old Mary Jane because they were possessed by demons. Prosecutors said Rubio and his common-law wife, Angela Camacho, killed the children because they could not financially support them. Camacho is serving a life sentence for the crime.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied a stay of execution filed by Rubio's defense, which had mounted multiple legal challenges to halt the lethal injection.
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Rubio will be the 14th person from the Rio Grande Valley executed if no last-minute appeals stop the execution. This would also be the seventh execution in Texas this year.
Rubio spoke exclusively to Channel 5 News as part of the original documentary, “Echoes from Brownsville: The Rubio Murders.”
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"I'm ready to be with my children, I'm ready to be with God, I know they know the truth, and I'm ready to be with my children," Rubio said in the documentary.
Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz spoke about the upcoming execution.
"I have mixed emotions," Saenz said. "Obviously somebody is going to be executed, which is a very serious matter for the office. It's something we've been working on for the last 13 years; we've kept up with it."
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Channel 5 News is in Huntsville and will report on the execution.
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