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Two Men Receive Life Without Parole Sentences in Machete Murder

Jose Rafael Andrademembreno and Edwin Francisco Diaz were convicted of first-degree murder with lying in wait and conspiracy in a killing linked to a gang-related dispute.

Summary by MyNewsLA.com
Two men were sentenced Friday to life in prison for a machete and knife attack that killed a man and wounded his girlfriend seven years ago at a Lake Forest apartment complex. Jose Rafael Andrademembreno, 29, and Edwin Francisco Diaz, 25, were both convicted Oct. 14 of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait as well as conspiracy and the personal use of a deadly weapon. Orange County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Menninge…

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MyNewsLA.com broke the news in on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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