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May 3, 2008 1:57 pm US/Eastern

Two Lowell Men Convicted Of Murder

LOWELL, Mass. (WBZ) ― Two Lowell men have been convicted of killing a city man they had arranged to meet and rob.

Prosecutors say 37-year-old Jose Luis Claudio and 43-year-old William Santos were found guilty Friday of first-degree murder and armed robbery.

They are scheduled to be sentenced on Monday in Lowell Superior Court.

First-degree murder carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Authorities say that on July 26, 2005, Claudio and Santos arranged to meet 21-year-old Luis Daniel Rodriguez at the corner of School Street and Pawtucket Street in Lowell where they robbed him of a gold and ruby crucifix necklace and shot him in the chest before running off.

Claudio and Santos were both arraigned in October of 2005.

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