Angel Ramos-Ramirez sentenced to 42 years to life after gang-related murder and assault

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Angel Ramos-Ramirez received a 42-year-to-life sentence in state prison for a 2022 gang-related murder and a 2021 knife assault on a teenager, according to the SLO County DA's Office.

A San Luis Obispo County jury found Ramos-Ramirez guilty of both second-degree murder against Daniel Diaz after stabbing him 10 times in Oceano on June 4, 2022.

A judge found true that Ramos Ramirez also had a 2016 conviction for making criminal threats for the benefit of a criminal street gang, part of California's Three Strike Law.

The same judge found Ramos-Ramirez guilty of a separate September 4, 2021 assault using a knife against a 19-year-old for great bodily injury in Nipomo on January 29, 2026.

The knife assault came nine months before Ramos Ramirez murdered Diaz and he waived his right to a jury during the trial.