MS-13 Required Murder for Membership, Jurors Told as LA Trial Opens

MS-13 required murder for membership, jurors told as LA trial opens

This trial is part of a broader federal prosecution that began with a 2019 indictment.

MS-13 gang cut man’s heart out with a machete in forest as heinous tattoo gives away suspect: trial

Prosecutors say a tattoo of a heart held by clawed hands may help link an alleged MS-13 member to a 2017 killing in Los Angeles National Forest.

MS-13's 'Salvadoran rules' led gang to cut out man's heart, feds say at L.A. trial

Federal prosecutors said at the trial of suspected MS-13 members in Los Angeles that a series of ritualistic machete murders were linked to the gang's local leaders adopting a brutal code of conduct that required aspiring members to kill in order to prove their loyalty.

MS-13's 'Salvadoran rules' led gang to cut out man's heart, feds say at LA trial

LOS ANGELES — Angel Guzman had been locked up for years, awaiting trial in one of the most grisly gang murder cases in Los Angeles history, when prosecutors say he chose a new tattoo. The black image, inked across his chest, showed a human ...