Dossier
machete murders
Coverage of machete murders in the Nexus archive.
- MS-13's 'Salvadoran rules' led gang to cut out man's heart, prosecutors say at L.A. trial
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.