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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 27, 1993                   TAG: 9301270190
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
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SUPREME COURT BLOCKS EXECUTION OF MEXICAN

A Mexican national convicted of killing a Dallas policeman won a reprieve from a U.S. Supreme Court justice Tuesday, less than seven hours before he was to be executed. Texas officials had previously rejected Mexican officials' pleas to spare the man.

Ramon Montoya had faced lethal injection at midnight in Huntsville. But Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia issued a reprieve that he said would remain in effect until the full court decides whether to hear Montoya's appeal.

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