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Following his long journey to the United States
a difficult life of crime in Texas and two decades in prison
Edgar Tamayo Arias was sentenced to death for the murder of police Officer Guy Gaddis in Houston in 1994
An undocumented immigrant to the United States
Tamayo Arias was born in the town of Micatlán in the Mexican state of Morelos
His case attracted international attention because Texas authorities apparently neglected his right to seek consular assistance
thereby violating the Vienna Convention to which the United States is signatory
National and international pressure had been building for weeks for the Texas court to stay the execution
Human rights groups including the International Commission Against the Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International condemned the execution
The Mexican government too attempted to intervene
and even the US Department of State warned of "international consequences" were the execution to go ahead