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The family of condemned prisoner Edgar Tamayo prays after receiving word that the scheduled execution of the Mexican national would proceed Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville, Texas. Tamayo was convicted of killing a Houston police officer 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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People gather at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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An unidentified woman carries a candle as she walks to the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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An unidentified person stands at the entrance to the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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People pray at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The Mexican national was executed Wednesday night in Texas for killing a Houston police officer, despite pleas and diplomatic pressure from the Mexican government and the U.S. State Department to halt the punishment. Tamayo, 46, received a lethal injection for the January 1994 fatal shooting of Officer Guy Gaddis, 24. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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The family of condemned prisoner Edgar Tamayo prays after receiving word that the scheduled execution of the Mexican national would proceed Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville, Texas. Tamayo was convicted of killing a Houston police officer 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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America Tamayo Sotelo is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas, at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals Wednesday night for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for the Texas death row inmate to be executed for the slaying of a Houston police officer 20 years ago. Secretary of State John Kerry previously asked Texas to delay Tamayo's punishment, saying it "could impact the way American citizens are treated in other countries." The State Department repeated that stance Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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Edelmira Arias is comforted while weeping at the home of the parents of Texas death-row inmate Edgar Tamayo, her cousin, in Miacatlan, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals Wednesday night for Mexican national Edgar Tamayo, clearing the way for the Texas death row inmate to be executed for the slaying of a Houston police officer 20 years ago. Secretary of State John Kerry previously asked Texas to delay Tamayo's punishment, saying it "could impact the way American citizens are treated in other countries." The State Department repeated that stance Wednesday. (AP Photo/Tony Rivera)

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Protestors line up outside the prison walls just before receiving word that the scheduled execution of Mexican national Edgar Tamayo would proceed Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, in Huntsville, Texas . Tamayo was convicted of killing a Houston police officer 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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FILE - In this July 7, 2002 file photo, Barry Minkow, a convicted con artist and the co-founder of the for-profit Fraud Discovery Institute, wears a prison jumpsuit costume as he delivers a sermon on materialism at the Community Bible Church in San Diego. Minkow, who went from teenage millionaire to convicted con artist to professional fraud fighter and pastor, was convicted Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 of cheating his San Diego church congregation out of some $3 million. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)