Texas used one of their two remaining lethal injections on gang hit man Manuel Vasquez on Wednesday evening. Vasquez, 46, was responsible for killing a woman in 1998 because she would not pay extortion money that was requested by the Mexican Mafia.

Vasquez was given a lethal injection at the death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. A spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that he was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m., 17 minutes after the start of the administration of the drug.

In his final statement, Vasquez sent love to his family. He also said “thank you Lord” for “mercy and unconditional love,” according to the Department of Criminal Justice as reported by Reuters. His lawyers did not file any late appeals to delay his execution.

Vasquez was reportedly convicted with two others for strangling Juanita Ybarra, 51, for not paying 10 percent of her illegl drug sales to the Mexican Mafia. The other two defendants received lesser sentences by testifying against Vasquez, according to the attorney general’s office.

Vasquez was one of six prisoners scheduled to be executed in the weeks to come, but the state only had enough of the lethal injection drug for two of them. He was the 55nd prisoner to be executed in the state of Texas. Texas has executed the most prisoners of any state since the death penalty was reinstated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976.

Officials said that they are attempting to get more of the drug, but a court decision was made requiring the names of suppliers to be public, according to NBC News. Now, it could be difficult.  Surrounding states are also having problems obtaining the drug because manufacturers do not want to sell their chemicals for capital punishment.

Some states have said that they will be moving on to backup methods. Utah has run out of the drug and a bill was approved Tuesday stating that firing squads will be the alternative to lethal injection.