A 29-year-old woman was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for orchestrating the fatal shooting of a friend in Fountain Valley because she suspected the victim of leaking her hiding place from an ex-boyfriend, according to court records obtained Friday.

Mary Diedra Chavez was convicted June 9 of first-degree murder with special circumstances of lying in wait for the victim and conspiracy to commit murder. Co-defendant Oliver Reynaldo Leon, who is facing the death penalty, is set to go on trial separately.

Chavez was also sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison. She had 1,472 days credit behind bars.

“It is clear from a review of her criminal history, her conduct in the jail, and her gang contacts, that the defendant is a lifelong criminal gangster inv

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