Two unidentified bodies that were found in a Fairfax County, Virginia park are believed to be connected to the violent street gang MS-13, it was announced on Friday.

The gang has been highlighted in the media in recent weeks after two men were arrested in connection to the 'satanic' killing of a 14-year-old girl in Houston, and 13 people were arrested in the murder of three teens in Long Island.

A young couple with ties to MS-13 were also allegedly killed by gang members in the Fairfax area in recent months. Sixteen people total, at least ten of whom are minors, have since been arrested for their murders.

Two unidentified bodies that were found in a Springfield, Virginia park are believed to be connected to the violent street gang MS-13, it was announced on Friday

Police believe the two new bodies announced on Friday had been in Holmes Run Park in Fairfax County, Virginia for less than a year. One was found buried at the top of a hill, and the other at the bottom. They were recovered just a few hundred feet away from a residential cul-de-sac, the Washington Post reported.

Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas, 15 was reportedly murdered on February 11 by MS-13

In 2014, the bodies of two different unidentified people killed by MS-13 were found in the same park.

In January and February, Damaris Reyes Rivas, 15, and Christian Alexander Sosa Rivas, 21, were also both killed by gang members in Fairfax County. The area is considered a 'hot-spot' for MS-13 activity.

Damaris' mother said she left home in December and began to hang around gang members. Christian Sosa Rivas, who Damaris had been dating, was reportedly part of the MS-13, and had fallen into bad graces after claiming to be a leader of the local sanction.

Damaris' cousin Angelica Ivania Barahona-Rivas, 18, was reported missing last week after failing to return home from work. She was later found safe and unharmed.

Damaris' body was discovered in an industrial park on February 11. Authorities believe she was led to the woods under the pretense of smoking marijuana.

The scene of the murder is seen above in this photo shared to Twitter by Alexandra Limon

She was then removed from the car and reportedly shouted, 'I've been set up'. Police believe she was questioned by gang members about he relationship with Christian Sosa Rivas, with whom one member had previously had a relationship.

She was then stabbed with a bowie knife and died of 'multiple forms of trauma to the upper body'. Video evidence has reportedly played a role in the reconstruction of events.

Christian Sosa Rivas' body washed up along the shoreline of the Potomac River in Dumfries, Virginia in January. Police believe that the suspects arrested in connection to his death used social media to lure him to the area.

Angelica Maria Blanco, 19, and Keyri Sujey Portillo Gonzalez, 18, were charged as co-conspirators in his killing. Four more people have also been charged with murder in the case.

The bodies announced to have been found on Friday, the murders of Damaris Rivas and Christian Sosa Rivas, and the two unidentified bodies found at Holmes Run Park in 2014 all have ties to MS-13 and took place in Fairfield County, Virginia.

Angelica Maria Blanco, right, and Keyri Sujey Portillo Gonzalez, left, were charged as co-conspirators in the killing of Christian Sosa Rivas

'This problem is horrible,' Fairfax Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said.

'This is four murders in this park. Obviously, we've had other murders in the region in the past few weeks. This is getting out of control.'

He asked parents to be aware of possible signs of children becoming affiliated with gangs. MS-13 is notorious for recruiting young middle and high-school aged children to do their bidding and breed into violent criminals.

Gang experts believe the wave of unaccompanied minors entering the United States are particularly at risk and make up a large proportion of new inductees to MS-13.

The MS-13 is the first and only criminal organization in the United States to be named as 'transnational' by the FBI and operates on the motto of 'Kill, Rape, Control,' Massachusetts Attorney Carmen Ortiz said.

The group was started nearly 20 years ago in Los Angeles after millions of immigrants from El Salvador came to the United States after a violent civil war left over 100,000 dead.

The gang has since spread all over the country, and are known widely as the best killers - due to their exceedingly brutal weapon of choice, a machete.