TwoVirginia men have been indicted on murder and racketeering charges, accused of gunning down a rival gang member in a Springfield parking lot so that they could improve their profile in the notorious MS-13 street gang.

Federal prosecutors allege in documents unsealed Friday that Rafael “Cheve” Parada-Mendoza and Gabriel “Dandy” Hosman Perez-Amaya executed Christian Argueta in the parking lot outside the Cerro Grande restaurant a few weeks before Christmas. The pair, each 21 and former Fairfax County residents, are accused of murder, conspiracy and firearms charges. Both are illegal immigrants and shot Argueta as a kind of grisly initiation, authorities charged.