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Mexico City, Jun 28 (EFE).- Authorities here expressed regret Wednesday over the execution of Mexican citizen Angel Maturino Resendiz, the notorious "Railroad Killer," at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. Resendiz, sentenced to death in 2000 for the rape-murder of a Houston doctor but also believed responsible in a dozen other slayings, was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection "despite medical evidence about the severe mental disturbances he suffered," the Mexican foreign ministry said in a communique. A Texas court ruled last Wednesday that Resendiz, who asked for forgiveness before being executed and said he deserved his fate, was mentally competent...

(6/27/06 - HUNTSVILLE, TX) - Train-hopping serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, linked to at least 15 indiscriminate murders near railroad tracks around the country, was executed Tuesday night. In his final statement, Resendiz asked for forgiveness. He was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m. CDT.

(6/27/06 - HUNTSVILLE, TX) - US Supreme Court appeals are still pending for convicted killer Angel Maturino Resendiz -- so Texas prison officials have delayed the scheduled start time of his execution. Officials won't proceed tonight in Huntsville until the appeals are resolved. The death warrant remains in effect until midnight.

The husband of one of the victims of condemned murderer Angel Maturino Resendiz — the infamous "Railroad Killer" — called a Mexican diplomat's effort to halt the execution "shameful." Resendiz was headed to Texas' death chamber Tuesday night, even as Mexico filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking that his execution be blocked. The appeal questioned the Mexican national's competency and challenged the constitutionality of the lethal injection process. "I just think, particularly at this time, for the citizens of Mexico, they should be outraged and ashamed their government is championing the cause of this killer and spending...