Two felons who stole pickup trucks and gunned down one of the theft victims when he confronted them on a Mead Valley road were both convicted of first-degree murder and other charges, court records showed Thursday.
A Riverside jury deliberated about five days before returning with unanimous verdicts late Wednesday afternoon in the trial of Daniel Santos Ambriz, 33, and Juan Cristoval Ambriz Barra, 28, half-brothers from Perris. They killed 29-year-old Jose Eduardo Del Real of Mead Valley in 2024.
Along with murder, jurors found each defendant guilty of being a felon in possession of a loaded firearm and a special circumstance allegation of killing in the course of a robbery…