Texas man executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother

Death row inmate Moises Sandoval Mendoza (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed on Wednesday evening.

Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6.40pm, authorities said.