Melissa Lucio's mother, Esperanza Trevino, finally got the news she was hoping for yesterday afternoon. Her daughter's execution had been halted, and she felt nothing but pure joy.
PUBLISHED 9:39 AM CDT Apr. 26, 2022HARLINGEN, Texas — For the Lucio family in Harlingen, Texas, the past three months were the worst of their lives — a time during which they rallied and protested all over Texas to save Melissa Lucio’s life. Lucio came within three days of being put to death by lethal injection, but Monday broughtTrevino's home in Harlingen, Texas.
It was 10 a.m. at the home of Esperanza Trevino, mother of Melissa Lucio. Sitting with her two daughters, Dianne and Sonia, it was breakfast time on a gloomy and surreal morning, after a sleepless night of anticipation for the decision. For them, it was interview after interview as the nation held her breath with them. Trevino couldn’t take it anymore.But right before 1 p.m., the phone rang and the big news they were desperately hoping for finally came. Lucio's execution had been halted.
The decision from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came barely three days before Wednesday, April 27, the dreaded date set for the execution. Sonia Alvarez, another one of Lucio's sisters, couldn’t hold back her tears as she was hugged by friends who were there. Lucio's fate has been in the balance for 14 years. In 2008, she was arrested and accused of murdering her own child, 2-year-old Mariah. “I want to see her. I want her to come home,” she said.
“We take what we can get. We’ve always believed that my sister was gonna come home. We still have a ways to go, but we have faith,” said Cerda.To which her sister Sonia immediately replied: “We want our heart to rest already. We want quiet and we want peace in our family, and I can’t wait to hold my sister!”
Their campaign, “Free Melissa Lucio,” is barely picking up steam, they warn. But that is a thought for tomorrow. Today, there’s nothing but joy at the Lucio home.
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