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MS-13's 'Salvadoran rules' led gang to cut out man's heart, prosecutors 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.
What happened
According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, MS-13’s ‘Salvadoran rules’ led gang to cut out man’s heart, prosecutors 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.
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- MS-13's 'Salvadoran rules' led gang to cut out man's heart, prosecutors say at L.A. trialLos Angeles Times - 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00
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