A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday convicted five members of the transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) of carrying out six murders to elevate their status within the gang, according to a Justice Department press release.

The victims were killed in a variety of brutal ways — including being strangled, shot, stabbed with knives or a machete, and beaten with a baseball bat — before some of their bodies were dumped off a cliff or down a hillside in the Angeles National Forest, the release said.

After a nine-week trial, the jury also found Walter Chavez Larin, 26, Roberto Alejandro Corado Ortiz, 30, and Edwin Martinez, 28 were guilty of conspiracy in violation of the RICO Act.

Chavez and Corado were each convicted of two counts of violent crimes in aid of racketeering (VICAR) murder. Martinez was found guilty on three counts of VICAR murder. Bryan Alexander Rosales Arias, 28, of South Los Angeles, was convicted of one count of VICAR murder, as was his brother, Erick Eduardo Rosales Arias, 27, also of South Los Angeles, the DOJ said.

The convictions come amid a crackdown on gang-related criminal activity under the Kash Patel and Dan Bongino-led FBI.

“We thank the jury for returning swift guilty verdicts against these MS-13 criminals who engaged in horrific acts of violence and murder,” said Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “I thank and commend our law enforcement partners for their work in removing members of this terrorist organization from our streets.