A man directly responsible for the deadly ambush- style revenge attack on a San Jacinto motorist a decade ago was sentenced on Friday, July 28, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A Murrieta jury deliberated only a few hours last month before convicting Abram Daniel Palacios, 35, of San Jacinto guilty of the 2013 slaying of 23-year-old Ivan Ibarra Carrillo.
Jurors found Palacios guilty of first-degree murder and found true a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, as well as convicted Palacios of sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations.
During a hearing at the Southwest Justice Center Friday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge F. Paul Dickerson imposed the sentence required by law.
The defendant's half-brother, 50-year-old Juan Javier Me
