Man sentenced to 16 years to life for stabbing estranged wife's boyfriend

VISTA – A man who stabbed his estranged wife's boyfriend to death outside her Fallbrook apartment two years ago was sentenced today to 16 years to life in state prison.

Hector Martin Perez, 28, was convicted of second-degree murder in the April 25, 2008, death of 26-year-old Erik Ivan Aguilar. Sentencing was carried out by Vista Judge Timothy Casserly.

On the night of the murder, Perez was talking with his estranged wife and Aguilar in front of her apartment at 818 E. Alvarado St. when he stabbed Aguilar with a knife, Deputy District Attorney Katherine Flaherty said.

Defense attorney Slo...