"This week, two men affiliated with a notorious street gang were convicted on multiple felony counts for their coordinated attack on the pair in Lake Forest in October 2018, authorities said."
"Morales, who tried to defend himself with a patio chair, was stabbed multiple times with a machete-style knife, a weapon of choice for the street gang MS-13, according to a Times report. Andrademembreno and Diaz allegedly shouted their allegiance to MS-13 - "Mara Salvatrutcha!" - while stabbing Morales, the Orange County Register reported. He was stabbed more than 18 times."
"Still, he managed to escape, running through the building and screaming for help as he bled out, prosecutors say. Andrademembreno and Diaz chased closely behind with machetes in hand. The pair eventually caught up to Morales and began hacking at his arm and head, the blade eventually piercing his skull."
Mission Viejo residents Jose Rafael Andrademembreno, 29, and Edwin Diaz, 25, were convicted by a jury of three felony counts each for killing Marco Morales on Oct. 1, 2018. Morales and his then-18-year-old girlfriend, Jessica Rodriguez, were in their apartment Jacuzzi around 3 a.m. when the men arrived to execute a planned killing. Morales was stabbed repeatedly with a machete-style knife and the attackers allegedly shouted their allegiance to MS-13. Morales managed to flee but was chased, hacked at, and suffered a skull-piercing wound. His body was found hours later. Xiomara Berrios allegedly stabbed the girlfriend and faced felony charges.
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