2Waco, TX – Cyle Flores, 18, was sentenced to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty to murder on Thursday. Flores is one of four individuals involved in a scheme to lure a man to his death through deceptive social media tactics.

In 2021, he and three accomplices, Jeremiah Marquez, 18, Justin Angel Hernandez, 22, and Edgar Alfonso Castillo, 17, used Facebook Messenger to entice 22-year-old Israel Martinez to a home on Gurley Avenue, where he was murdered.

Flores is the last member of the group to accept a plea deal, avoiding a trial.

The initial charges for each defendant included capital murder. Prosecutors ultimately negotiated lesser murder pleas for the defendants, leading to varying sentences with the possibility of parole.

The crime transpired on September 19, 2021, when

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