WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in connection with a machete attack.
The Northwest Herald reports that 33-year-old Orlando Ferral-Mujica of McHenry was sentenced Friday. Prosecutors agreed to reduce charges against him if he agreed to cooperate with a continued investigation into the December 2011 attack.
Prosecutors have said Ferral-Mujica and his younger brother waited outside a McHenry apartment and attacked Jose Agaton from behind. Prosecutors say the attack has left Agaton “grossly disfigured.”
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The brothers have said they attacked Agaton because he killed a relative in Mexico. McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather called the case a “blood feud” and “vigilante justice.”
Defense attorneys asked for 14 years. They say Ferral-Mujica regretted his role in the crime.
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Information from: The Northwest Herald, https://www.nwherald.com
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