Illegal Immigrant Faces Execution
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Illegal Immigrant Faces Execution
Final appeals are pending as an illegal immigrant from Honduras faces execution Thursday.
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(August 7, 2008)—Final appeals are pending as Texas death row inmate Heliberto Chi faces execution Thursday night over the 2001 slaying of his ex-boss.

The shooting took place during a robbery at a men's clothing store in Arlington.

The victim was Armand Paliotta.

Investigators say Chi, who's from Honduras, was in the U.S. illegally.

Lawyers for the Central American country say Chi was unable to contact anyone from his government, a violation of an international treaty, after he was arrested near Los Angeles.

Attorneys for Chi have appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

Also, Honduran consular officials say their government is lobbying U.S. authorities to block the execution.



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Posted by: Mark Location: Killeen on Aug 7, 2008 at 01:32 PM

Texas is really keeping the line moving.
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Posted by: LN Location: Robinson on Aug 7, 2008 at 01:02 PM

Note To Honduras: In Texas if you kill someone we kill you back!
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Posted by: susiebw Location: Kempner on Aug 7, 2008 at 12:16 PM

Not speaking to your consulate has NOTHING to do with the murder. If Mexico and/or Honduras don't like Texas law, they need to stop coming here and killing people.
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