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A chilling tattoo of a human heart clutched by clawed hands may have helped federal prosecutors tie an alleged MS-13 gangster to one of Los Angeles’ most gruesome killings, a court has heard.
Prosecutors claim Angel Guzman helped butcher a man while deep inside theAngeles National Forestin 2017 — stabbing him more than 100 times, carving out his heart with a machete, and dumping his body into a canyon, theLA Times reported.
Now, Guzman and three other alleged members of the notoriousMS-13 Fulton gangare facing federal charges tied to a bloody string of murders that cops say turned theLA County mountains into execution grounds.
Assistant US Attorney Suria Bahadue told jurors the violence stemmed from a dramatic shift inside the gang beginning around 2015, when local leaders allegedly adopted stricter “Salvadoran rules” requiring recruits to kill in order to earn full membership.
“There was a shift in the way MS-13 operated in this city,” Bahadue said. “That shift resulted in extreme violence.”
The first victim in the case was Juan Jose Sibrian, who was allegedly targeted becausegang membersbelieved he had defaced MS-13 graffiti and violated gang rules through methamphetamine use, according to prosecutors.
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On March 6, 2017, gang members allegedly lured Sibrian from Whitsett Park in North Hollywood before choking him unconscious and driving him into the remote forest.
Authorities say the group stopped to buy rubber gloves and alcohol before carrying out the savage attack in an isolated canyon area without cellphone service or witnesses.
Source: California Post – Breaking California News, Photos & Videos
