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