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The Mexican Mafia issued a variety of edicts which street gang members were required to follow. One was a prohibition on drive-by shootings. Group leaders determined that drive-by shootings result in innocent people being killed or wounded, which results in bad publicity and a higher police presence. At meetings in 1998, this principle was reiterated. The Mexican Mafia required that gang members exit their car and approach the intended victim on foot, shooting them directly, possibly in the head, to “be sure of killing without injuring innocent people.” The Mexican Mafia’s “signature method” of execution of an individual, however, was “[o]verkill. That is where one or two shots might be terminal. The Mexican Mafia, to show, again, an example, actually establish a terrorist-type feeling in the street, will over-shoot the person, almost a ritualistic shooting, and often including head shots.” The Mexican Mafia sometimes uses three-man, or four-man teams to commit such a killing.

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