Key facts
- Four MS-13 gang members convicted in federal court.
- Convictions relate to three murders in Southern California in 2017.
- One murder involved carving out the victim's heart and dismembering the body.
Four members of the violent street gang MS-13 have been convicted in federal court for their roles in the murders of three victims during a 2017 crime spree in Southern California. The killings were particularly brutal, with one victim's heart carved from his chest and his body dismembered before being dumped into a canyon. The convictions stem from a series of violent acts committed by the gang during that year.