“These gang members sought out young victims in their teens and early 20s who were new to this country. In March 2017, he was choked by at least four MS-13 affiliates at an entrance to the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, driven into Angeles National Forest and killed with a machete, the indictment says. Angel Amadeo Guzman, a shot-caller for the Fulton clique, carved out his heart before flinging his body parts into a canyon, prosecutors allege. Victim allegedly lured by Fake Facebook profileGerardo Alvarado and Bryan Alberto Ordones used a fake Facebook profile, purporting to belong to a girl, to lure another victim to Angeles National Forest, according to the indictment. After killing him with a machete, prosecutors allege, the gang removed his clothes and two pendants depicting Santa Muerte –- the saint of death in folklore.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 17, 2019 18:29 UTC