A woman has learned her fate for playing a part in the bloody hatchet killing of a man at a motel in Albuquerque, New Mexico .

Angel Salazar, 40, has been sentenced to life in prison for felony murder, second-degree murder, and tampering with evidence "in connection with the brutal killing of Ramon Martinez," Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman announced on Thursday . A jury found Salazar guilty of the crimes in August.

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On the morning of Sept. 5, 2023, Martinez was sitting and smoking outside a room at the Days Inn on Central Avenue in Albuquerque. Salazar and a man who has still not been identified were seen approaching him just before

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