AUDIO: Hear the moment Melissa Lucio learns of her stay of execution in Texas

Melissa Lucio, the Latina mother who was sentenced to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday in Texas, was surprised when she heard Texas legislator Jeff Leach say over the phone that she would no longer be executed that day.

Lucio, who was to become the first Latina executed in Texas and the first woman since 2014, received the news of her stay of execution 15 minutes after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals made the decision.

The audio shared by Univision 41 reveals the phone conversation between Lucio and Leach:

Jeff Leach: Melissa, hey, this is Jeff Leach.

Melissa: Yes, sir.

Jeff Leach: How are you doing today?

Melissa: I'm fine. How are you?

Jeff Leach: Have you heard the news?

Melissa: No, what?

Jeff Leach: You haven’t heard the news yet?

Melissa: No, what happened?

Jeff Leach: The Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of your execution for Wednesday.

Melissa: Are you serious? Are you serious?

In a brief pause, the Hispanic mother's shouts and laughter of joy could be heard. Through tears and in a joyful voice, she asks Leach, "Well, what does this mean?"

"That means you're going to wake up Thursday morning," Leach replied. 

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday granted a stay of execution for Melissa Lucio, her attorneys announced in a statement, halting the proceedings scheduled for today.

The Latina woman was found guilty in 2007 of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Elizabeth Alvarez. At the time, the Cameron County jury claimed that she had "beaten and tortured" her daughter to death.

However, after Lucio spent 14 years in prison, her lawyers claim that a recent review of the evidence of the case shows that she is innocent, and that she was coerced into giving a confession under pressure.

Several activist groups have also demonstrated in different U.S. cities to request the same recourse from the Texas governor and save the life of the woman who could become the first Latin American woman to be executed by that state.