Federal authorities have charged nearly two dozen people in California with crimes linked to the MS-13 gang.

An FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department joint task force arrested 22 alleged gang members and potential members on 12 charges related to the murder of seven people over the past two years, according to Fox 11.

The indictment, unsealed Monday, details the murders of rival gang members, gang members suspected of helping police, and a homeless man who was living in a park that the MS-13 gang considered its own.

"We have now taken off the streets nearly two dozen people associated with the most violent arm of MS-13 in Los Angeles, where the gang is believed to have killed 24 people over the past two years," U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna said in a statement. "This investigation has been an unqualified success. The collaborative law enforcement effort solved several murder cases and dealt a severe blow to members of the gang who engaged in acts of brutality not seen in the region for over 20 years."

The indictment detailed several instances of MS-13 gang members using machetes to chop up victims and dispose of their bodies.