Foreign Nationals
Executions of Foreign Nationals
Confirmed Foreign Nationals Executed Since 1976
With the exception of Angel Maturino Resendiz, all indications are that none of these executed individuals were informed by U.S. authorities upon arrest of their right to have their consulate notified of their detention, as required under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. In several instances, prisoners on this list did not learn of their right to request consular assistance for more than a decade, by which time the treaty violation was considered by the appellate courts to be a procedurally defaulted claim. Cases indicated with (#) are those in which the consular notification issue was raised on appeal or in clemency proceedings (major appellate opinions on consular rights are in brackets).
| Date | First Name | Last Name | VCCR Claim Raised | Race | Country of Citizenship | State | Race of Victims | Execution Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
04/13/1988 |
Leslie |
Lowenfield |
Black |
Guyana |
Louisiana |
5 Black |
Electrocution |
|
03/23/1993 |
Carlos |
Santana |
# |
Latino |
Dominican Republic |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
03/25/1993 |
Ramon |
Montoya |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
03/25/1997 |
Pedro |
Medina |
Latino |
Cuba |
Florida |
1 Black |
Electrocution |
|
06/18/1997 |
Irineo |
Montoya |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
09/17/1997 |
Mario |
Murphy |
# (Fourth Circuit) |
Latino |
Mexico |
Virginia |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
04/14/1998 |
Angel |
Breard |
# (US Supreme Court) |
Latino |
Paraguay |
Virginia |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
04/22/1998 |
Jose |
Villafuerte |
# |
Latino |
Honduras |
Arizona |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
12/10/1998 |
Tuan |
Nguyen |
Asian |
Vietnam |
Oklahoma |
3 White |
Lethal Injection |
|
02/09/1999 |
Jaturun |
Siripongs |
# |
Asian |
Thailand |
California |
2 Asian |
Lethal Injection |
02/24/1999 |
Karl |
LaGrand |
# (Ninth Circuit) |
White |
Germany |
Arizona |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
03/03/1999 |
Walter |
LaGrand |
# (Ninth Circuit) |
White |
Germany |
Arizona |
1 White |
Gas |
04/05/1999 |
Alvaro |
Calambro |
# |
Asian |
Philippines |
Nevada |
2 White |
Lethal Injection |
06/17/1999 |
Stanley |
Faulder |
# (Fifth Circuit) |
White |
Canada |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
11/09/2000 |
Miguel |
Flores |
# (Fifth Circuit) |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
04/21/2001 |
Sebastian |
Bridges |
White |
South Africa |
Nevada |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
|
12/06/2001 |
Sahib |
Al-Mosawi |
# |
Other Race |
Iraq |
Oklahoma |
2 Other Race |
Lethal Injection |
08/14/2002 |
Javier |
Suarez |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
10/02/2002 |
Rigoberto |
Sanchez-Velasco |
Latino |
Cuba |
Florida |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
|
11/14/2002 |
Mir |
Kasi |
# |
Other Race |
Pakistan |
Virginia |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
03/23/2004 |
Hung |
Le |
# |
Asian |
Vietnam |
Oklahoma |
1 Asian |
Lethal Injection |
06/27/2006 |
Angel |
Maturino |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
|
08/05/2008 |
Jose |
Medellin |
# (US Supreme Court) |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
2 White |
Lethal Injection |
08/07/2008 |
Heliberto |
Chi |
# |
Latino |
Honduras |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
02/19/2009 |
Edward |
Bell |
# |
Black |
Jamaica |
Virginia |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
11/10/2009 |
Yosvanis |
Valle |
# |
Latino |
Cuba |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
07/07/2011 |
Humberto |
Leal |
# (US Supreme Court) |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
09/28/2011 |
Manuel |
Valle |
# |
Latino |
Cuba |
Florida |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
01/22/2014 |
Edgar |
Tamayo |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
02/12/2014 |
Juan |
Chavez |
Latino |
Cuba |
Florida |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
|
04/09/2014 |
Ramiro |
Hernandez |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 White |
Lethal Injection |
10/01/2015 |
Alfredo |
Prieto |
Latino |
El Salvador |
Virginia |
2 White |
Lethal Injection |
|
11/08/2017 |
Ruben |
Cardenas |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
1 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
11/14/2018 |
Roberto |
Ramos |
# |
Latino |
Mexico |
Texas |
3 Latino |
Lethal Injection |
Foreign Nationals with Scheduled Execution Dates
| Date | Name | Nationality | State |
|---|---|---|---|
None Reported |
Deaths in Custody
| Date | Name | VCCR Claim Raised | Nationality | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/26/2002 | Claude Maturana | # | France | Arizona |
| 3/5/2006 | Anibal Garcia Rousseau | Cuba | Texas | |
| 7/26/2009 | Miguel Angel Martinez | # | Mexico | California |
| 01/05/2013 | Jesus Delgado | Cuba | Florida | |
| 3/7/2013 | German Sinisterra | # | Columbia | Federal |
| 4/26/2015 | Benito Albarran Ocampo | # | Mexico | Alabama |
| 9/7/2017 | Alberto Carreon Martinez | # | Mexico | Arizona |
| 8/21/2019 | Ignacio Gomez | # | Mexico | Texas |
| 7/3/2020 | Manuel Machado Alvarez | Cuba | California | |
| 1/4/2021 | Jose Francisco Guerra | Guatemala | California | |
| 9/26/2021 | Robert Bolden | # | Canada | Federal |
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