Man Convicted Of 3 El Paso Murders Loses At Supreme Court

HOUSTON (AP) – Seven Mexican-born inmates on Texas’ death row lost their bids for appeal Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The seven inmates whose cases were denied review are among 14 native Mexicans on death row in Texas.

That includes Ignacio Gomez, a 38-year-old convicted of the fatal shooting of three people in El Paso in 1996.

Another inmate includes Cesar Fierro, one of the longest-serving condemned prisoners in the state. The 51-year-old was convicted of the 1979 robbery-slaying of an El Paso taxi driver. He’s been on death row more than 28 years.

Other condemned prisoners to lose Monday:

-Ruben Cardenas, a 37-year-old convicted of the rape-slaying of a 16-year-old girl abducted from Edinburg in 1997.

-Felix Rocha, a 31-year-old convicted of the slaying and robbery of a security guard outside a Houston club in 1994.

-Virgilio Maldonado, a 42-year-old condemned for a 1995 robbery and slaying at a Houston apartment complex.

-Robert Ramos, a 53-year-old convicted of the 1992 slayings of his wife and two children at their home in Progreso in Hidalgo County.

-Humberto Leal Garcia, a 35-year-old condemned for the abduction, rape and fatal bludgeoning of a 16-year-old San Antonio girl in 1994.

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