Judge denies John Allen Rubio motion targeting former Cameron County DA

A federal judge in Brownsville last Thursday denied Death Row inmate John Allen Rubio’s motion for discovery. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. said in a brief order that Rubio, 43, is not entitled to the relief that he had requested. “The Court will issue a separate Opinion containing the reasons supporting this Order,” Rodriguez wrote. As of Monday morning, that opinion had not yet been filed into the record. A jury in 2010 convicted Rubio of beheading Julissa Quesada, 3, John E. Rubio, 14 months, and Mary Jane Rubio,...