Salvadoran rules

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles allege that MS-13 members committed ritualistic machete murders under the gang's 'Salvadoran rules,' a brutal code requiring aspiring members to kill to prove loyalty. The case involves a local leadership adopting this conduct to enforce gang hierarchy.

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles allege that MS-13's local leaders adopted a code requiring aspiring members to commit murders to prove loyalty, leading to ritualistic machete killings, including one where a man's heart was cut out.