# Texas executes John Allen Rubio for killing his three children in 2003

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/texas-puts-to-death-man-who-beheaded-three-children-hours-after-oklahoma-execution/
- Published: 2026-11-15T19:27:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T19:47:56+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/15/texas-execution-john-allen-rubio-oklahoma-james-pavatt
- Topics: Americas, Politics, World

## Key points

- Texas and Oklahoma carried out executions on the same day.
- The US has recorded 37 executions this year.
- California’s governor plans to commute hundreds of death sentences.

## Summary

Texas executed John Allen Rubio on Thursday for killing his three young children in Brownsville in 2003, hours after Oklahoma executed James Pavatt for a separate murder. Their deaths brought the US total to 37 executions this year, putting the country on course to exceed 40 for a second consecutive year. The pace has been driven by Florida, while capital punishment has also drawn attention following a failed execution in Tennessee and a clemency announcement in California.

Rubio, 46, was pronounced dead after a lethal injection in Huntsville; he apologised to his wife’s family and said he was ready to join his children. His wife, Angela Camacho, is serving life in prison for her role in the killings. Pavatt, 73, was executed in Oklahoma for the 2001 shooting of Rob Andrew, whose wife Brenda was having an affair with Pavatt; she was convicted separately and remains on the state’s death row. California governor Gavin Newsom has said he will commute hundreds of death sentences before leaving office in January.

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