Two men were convicted Tuesday in 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 of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait as well as conspiracy and the personal use of a deadly weapon. They are scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 23 and face life in prison without the possibility of parole.

They are accused of the Oct. 1, 2018, killing of Marco Morales.

The trouble began when Morales sold a .22-caliber rifle to a teenager, Jose Henriquez, who angered Morales when he “paraded” the weapon on social media, Deputy District Attorney James Applegate said.

“Morales didn’t like that … and he took the rifle back,” th

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