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Judge delays gang member Aníbal Canales Jr.’s execution

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Aníbal Canales Jr.'s execution delayed (Photo: Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
  • Judge delays Aníbal Canales Jr.’s execution.
  • His lawyers asked for more time to gather evidence.
  • The execution was scheduled for March 29, 2023.

Aníbal Canales Jr.’s execution was postponed by a Bowie County, Texas judge so that his lawyers can gather more evidence.

Canales faces the death penalty for the brutal gang-related murder of another inmate at the Telford Unit.

Aníbal Canales Jr., 58, was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at the Walls Unit in Huntsville, Texas at 6:00 p.m.

On Monday, March 20, 2023, his lawyers requested more time to gather evidence that could exonerate their client.

Aníbal Canales Jr.’s execution is delayed

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Photo: Mundo Archive

When Aníbal Canales Jr. strangled inmate Gary Dickerson on Friday, July 11, 1997, he was serving a sentence for sexual assault.

He was also allegedly a member of the Texas Mafia gang and had a long criminal record.

Authorities from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) were informed by Judge Bill Miller of the Fifth Criminal District Court in Bowie County that his death sentence will be postponed.

This will give Canales’ lawyers time to complete their investigation.

The Texas Mafia prison gang ordered fellow inmate Gary Dickerson’s murder

Aníbal Canales Jr.'s execution is delayed by a judge
Photo: Getty Images/Mundo Archive

On Friday, July 11, 1997, Canales left the restriction cell where he had been isolated for several days.

Canales is a tall, heavyset man, at six feet five inches. He was one of the strong-arms among the 106 Texas Mafia members in the Telford Unit.

Several inmates were gathered outside Cell 29 at a recess hour.

Aníbal Canales Jr. met with other members of the Texas Mafia and chatted with them. However, allegedly it was a very elaborate plan orchestrated by the leaders of gang.

Aníbal Canales Jr. was ordered to commit the crime

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Aníbal Canales Jr., 58, was sentenced to death for strangling another inmate (PHOTO: Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

According to the AP, Texas Mafia leaders inside the Telford Unit discovered that another inmate from outside their organization was interfering with their business inside the jail.

Aníbal Canales Jr. was allegedly ordered to kill Gary Dickerson, who was challenging the Texas Mafia’s business.

He wrote a letter telling the gang he had committed the murder.

His lawyers argue that he was forced and couldn’t say no to the Texas Mafia or they would kill him.

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