Defendants in the slaying of two men in a Las Vegas parking lot will serve sentences of life in prison with parole possible after 22 years, a judge ordered Tuesday.

Julio Bautista-Martinez, 24, and Henry Ramirez, 27, each pleaded guilty to a count of murder with use of a deadly weapon in November.

Prosecutors and the defense had agreed to sentences of 22 years to life in prison for both defendants. District Judge Jacqueline Bluth, who followed the deal, called the slayings “just so tragic and just so quick and senseless.”

Cousins Carlos Gael Garcia, 21, and Luis Santiago Esquivel, 24, were fatally shot April 13 in the 3900 block of East Owens Avenue as they left a banquet hall party.

The Metropolitan Police Department said “a verbal altercation occurred” prior to the shooting.

Both de

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