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(laughter)
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CHIP: My whole life was like...
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My whole life was like...
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(sighs)
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Like a jungle.
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MARIANA: You're 15 years old
and you've just arrived in
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a new country where economic
survival is an ongoing struggle.
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CHIP: I got five siblings,
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two twin brothers
and three sisters.
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Rent was always late.
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Lights cut out sometimes,
you got to use the candles.
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MARIANA: On these streets,
when opportunity does knock,
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it often comes in the
form of gang membership.
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CHIP: When it
comes to recruitments,
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immigrants are
the most vulnerable,
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easiest targets.
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♪ Hey ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪♪
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CHIP: They already
come from having nothing.
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♪ Yeah ♪♪
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CHIP: The younger they are,
the easier to manipulate.
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♪ Go ♪♪
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CHIP: Because
they have a mindset,
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"I have a point to prove.
I have a point to prove."
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♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ Give me some (inaudible)
keeping the lights off ♪♪
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REPORTER (over TV):
L.A. area gangs are targeting
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the city's rich in
a new aggressive way.
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MARIANA: Those who heed the call
will walk through a doorway into
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a black market teeming
with guns, drugs, and cash.
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♪ You see they're not moving ♪♪
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MARIANA: But
there's a price to pay,
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because this door revolves.
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(theme music playing).
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♪ Wear your armor ♪
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♪ I'm, like, I use
no weapon, it's an honor ♪
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♪ I'm like let's
get to flexing ♪
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♪ Quite the turn, you
better get to stepping ♪
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♪ If they wanna ♪♪
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♪ Hey, I started making noise ♪
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♪ Now they say I'm certified ♪♪
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MARIANA: This is
Chip and Playboi.
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They are gang
members in Los Angeles.
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For them, these
streets are paved with gold.
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It's just a
matter of extracting it.
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So, if you were
sitting on this corner and
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you're waiting for somebody,
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is there a specific kind of
person that you're targeting?
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By the way they're dressed or...
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MARIANA: And do
you go to places like
Beverly Hills or Bel-Air or...
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MARIANA: Is there
more security there?
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MARIANA: There are
public and private
sides to the gangs of LA.
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Outwardly, there's the Swagger;
the Outlaw culture recognized
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and even celebrated
around the world.
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But there's also the
business end of gang life.
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The black markets and violence
that fuel the lifestyle.
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CHIP: Where I'm
going to take y'all right
now is by the strip club.
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MARIANA: So she
would call and say,
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"Okay, there's a guy
that has a lot of money,
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a lot of cash, and he's
walking out right now."
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MARIANA: Guns or
what are you doing?
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MARIANA: These armed robberies
and home invasions are a means
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to an end, staking them
with enough money to pursue
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their own version
of the American dream.
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MARIANA: Oh, my God.
And is it...
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This all illegal weed?
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MARIANA: Oh.
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And oh, so you're
selling wholesale?
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MARIANA: $1,500 for that?
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MARIANA: What's a Kel-Tec?
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MARIANA: So wait, so if these
guns all have serial numbers,
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which I'm
assuming they do, right?
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'Cause they're not ghost guns,
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how do you go about selling
them on the black market?
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MARIANA: Playboi is
associated with the Bloods
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and Chip with the Crips.
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But they share a background that
has cemented their relationship.
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So you guys were
born in the US, right?
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MARIANA: Belize, where Playboi
and Chip's family come from,
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is a small country
in Central America and
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a poor one relative
to the United States.
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MARIANA: So did your parents,
knowing that you guys were
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surrounded by gangs and
gang activity when you were
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growing up, did they want
to move elsewhere, or did they?
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MARIANA: Were your
families involved in gangs?
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ALEX: The tradition of
gangs in Los Angeles and
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in the United States
goes back over 200 years.
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We often talk about
Blacks, Latinos, Mexicans,
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people from Central America,
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but the early history of
gangs in the United States
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were mostly White immigrants.
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Italians, Irish, Jews.
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MARIANA: Professor
Alex Alonzo has spent more
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than 20 years
researching gangs in America.
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ALEX: By the time you get to the
early part of the 20th Century,
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you start seeing
African Americans,
you start seeing Latinos,
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mostly Mexicans
and Puerto Ricans,
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they start participating.
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And then when you
get into the '80s,
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the '90s and 2000s, you got a
whole group of Central Americans
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that are immigrating
into the United States,
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and now they are becoming
the gang members of America.
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MARIANA: I want to know how
a tiny country like Belize,
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with a population
of just 400,000,
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has produced, anecdotally,
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so many heavy hitters in
Los Angeles street gangs.
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But first, I need to
understand the landscape.
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How many gang members in
total do you think exist in LA?
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SANCHEZ: It's gotta be 50,000.
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MARIANA: Detective
Sanchez and his partners in
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the Los Angeles
Sheriff's Gang Suppression Unit,
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report that 17 of
the last 19 murders
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in the district they
cover have been gang related.
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REPORTER (over TV):
That safety threat seems to be
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growing even more alarming; gan
members roving in several cars.
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REPORTER 2 (over TV):
Thieves targeting victims
with expensive watches and
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designer handbags.
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MARIANA: A recent
police task force
identified 17 different gangs
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participating in the latest
wave of follow-home robberies.
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SANCHEZ: We've seen an
increase in crime, tremendously.
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Yeah.
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Our homicides are up,
in the late 40's to 50's.
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Our shootings are
up about the same.
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MARIANA: Percent,
you mean percentage?
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SANCHEZ: Percentage. Yes.
MARIANA: Wow.
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SANCHEZ: The last
couple years, it's just spiked.
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MARIANA: As have
armed robberies.
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In 2021, they increased
57% over the year before.
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SANCHEZ: Let me
see your hands...
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(speaking in native language).
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SANCHEZ: Anything
on you right now?
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Let me know. Nothing?
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MAN: No.
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SANCHEZ: You sure?
MAN: I'm sure.
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SANCHEZ: Every gang member
has a role within the gang.
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Some people are shooters.
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Some people commit thefts.
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Other people
commit embezzlement.
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Your most respected
are the guys that commit
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the shootings and the assaults.
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MARIANA: But it's the young
ones who often carry weapons.
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Keep an eye on the young man
in the red shirt as we pull up.
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MAN: Hey, come on, bro.
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Get your hands, bro.
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SANCHEZ: One of my
partners recovered this
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from one of the gang members.
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It's basically a
semi-auto nine millimeter.
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There was one in
the chamber and several
live rounds in the magazine.
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I believe that the
gang member that had
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this firearm was a juvenile.
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I believe he's 15,
so that's very common.
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The older gang members know that
they have less time in jail,
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less sentences for juveniles,
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as opposed to an
adult who's on probation,
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who has a criminal
record to have this firearm.
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So it's very common for the
youngsters to have the firearm
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and nothing happens to the kid.
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His grandmother comes right now,
we give them both citations.
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That's it, he's done.
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He can get another gun right
now and be out here again.
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MARIANA: LA has
more than 450 gangs,
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each with its own
customs and history.
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And according to
Chip and Playboi,
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many Belizean gang
members are concentrated here
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in the Jungles.
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20 years ago, this neighborhood
was a location of the film,
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Training Day.
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(overlapping chatter)
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HOYT: What are we
doing going in here, man?
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We'll get killed coming in here.
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HARRIS: Ah, you know
about this place, huh?
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HOYT: Yeah, it's
the Jungle, right?
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HARRIS: That's right.
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HOYT: They say
don't come in here with
anything less than a platoon.
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MARIANA: Today, the
Jungles is still known as
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an active gang
neighborhood in Los Angeles.
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Think we're meeting here
in the corner of this park.
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To film here, we've been
told that we need permission
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from an elder in the gang.
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And to get that elder,
we'll first need to be vetted
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by a man named Squab.
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♪ ♪
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MARIANA: So it wouldn't
have been wise for us to
just come here by ourselves,
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with cameras,
without having you?
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SQUAB: Nah.
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Because (bleep) might
pull up on you and rob you,
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and shoot you, anything.
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You feel me?
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You're not safe without
a tour guide, basically.
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MARIANA: It looks much nicer
than what I was expecting.
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SQUAB: Yeah. We keep it nice.
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MARIANA: It's like all
the beautiful palm trees and...
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SQUAB: Yeah. We keep it up nice.
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But it's very dangerous.
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You know, coming
around here playing,
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you might get what
you're looking for.
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MARIANA: I want to
understand how members of
a small immigrant community,
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in this case Belize,
are swallowed by the tide of
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gang violence in Los Angeles.
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But gaining access
to this area where
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they're concentrated
requires permission.
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Squab, how old were you
when you joined the gang?
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SQUAB: I was, like, 12.
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I went to the meeting
and lied, and said I was 14.
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MARIANA: Why? Did you just
really wanted to be a part?
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SQUAB: Yeah.
I need, I needed in.
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MARIANA: Why?
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SQUAB: Because, I just, I
just loved everything about it.
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It was, like, it, it was
just a family set, you feel me?
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It was an upbringing,
you feel me?
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It was love.
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It was, it was just different.
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MARIANA: And so you're,
you're a Blood?
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SQUAB: I'm a P. Stone.
MARIANA: A P. Stone.
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SQUAB: Yeah. It, it, it falls
under the category of Bloods.
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MARIANA: Mm-hmm.
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And you, you still
consider yourself a P. Stone?
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SQUAB: Yeah, I'm
gonna always be that.
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My whole life.
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MARIANA: How many times have
you been shot in your lifetime?
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SQUAB: Two
separate times, 13 shots.
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So, I got shot five times here.
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MARIANA: Oh my God.
This is all a scar?
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SQUAB: Yup.
Four inches away from the heart.
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MARIANA: Wow.
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SQUAB: In the stomach, like
an inch away from the spine.
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MARIANA: I can see all
the bullet holes here.
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What happened?
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SQUAB: I'm a active gang member
at the time, fully fledged...
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MARIANA: Mm-hmm.
SQUAB: With it.
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So that comes
with the territory.
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MARIANA: How did you survive?
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SQUAB: I was in
the hospital, like, 30 days.
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I was back out here doing
the same (bleep) I was doing.
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MARIANA: Really?
SQUAB: Before I got shot.
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But more now.
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Now I was trying
to kill some (bleep).
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CHIP: It's a thrill.
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The fightings, the robberies,
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the shootings,
seeing people get jumped.
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It's exciting to ask a new
face where they're from and
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pull out a knife, give them
a couple shanks or something,
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you know, like, "Stay
the (bleep) away from here.
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You don't belong here and
I've never seen you here before,
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and this is why what's
happening to you is happening."
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MARIANA: Is it this way?
SQUAB: Yeah, it's this way.
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Yeah, we going right upstairs,
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up here and, uh, I'm
gonna introduce yous.
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MARIANA: So, yeah.
Can hear some music.
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SQUAB: Yeah, that's some of my,
that's my Belizean people
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playing a Caribbean
music a little bit,
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everybody live in the building.
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MARIANA: So you have immigrant,
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a lot of Belizeans and
other immigrant groups?
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SQUAB: Definitely.
All type of immigrant.
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MARIANA: Squab says there's
only one person who can grant us
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permission to film
among the Black P. Stones
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in the Jungles, and that's
who we're headed to meet now.
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TONE: In 1983, my
mother was killed.
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My mother was beat to death.
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So I became seriously
active in the gang at that time.
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I picked up a gun, was
trying to kill the man that
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was actually, like,
beat my mother to death.
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MARIANA: Hmm. How old were you?
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TONE: I was 16.
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MARIANA: Tone is an elder
among the Black P. Stones.
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He first moved to the Jungles
when he was seven years old.
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At the time, the Bloods
and Crips were new gangs.
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The Crips had formed in 1969,
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as an alliance between
two small street gangs and
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took on the color blue
as a tribute to a member
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who was wearing
blue when he was killed.
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Three years later, an
offshoot set of Crips
would form their own gang,
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taking on the color red and
referring to members as Bloods.
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Unlike other
organized crime groups,
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the Bloods and Crips
are largely decentralized,
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meaning members
rarely pay money upwards.
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TONE: When I joined
a gang, I joined a gang.
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It was a decision I made.
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I wasn't birthed into it.
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You have a lot of gang members
now that are birthed into it.
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MARIANA: So, by birthed
into it, you mean these kids
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that are born and they
really don't have an option?
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They...
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TONE: Exactly.
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MARIAN: They're
forced to joining.
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TONE: And, or, and,
or their parents are
already from the gang.
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MARIANA: Right.
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TONE: Right now,
if you're young,
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you don't really have a choice.
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MARIANA: What about
immigrant communities that's,
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like Belizeans, who
started coming here?
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How did it affect, when you're
coming here with your family,
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when you're super young,
or you're first generation?
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TONE: Whatever gang
element they moved into,
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the gangs are mainly like the
families in that neighborhood,
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they're going to pull to
that like a small village.
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So it doesn't matter.
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If they landed in the Crips,
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they're gonna be
part of the Crips.
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If they landed in
the Bloods, they're
gonna be part of the Bloods.
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It's the village of whatever
part of town they move to.
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MARIANA: Do you know
people who are currently,
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young people who are active in?
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TONE: I know, I
know all the ones that's
active in my neighborhood.
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MARIANA: Could you
put in a word for us?
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We're, we'd love to meet.
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TONE: That's not a problem.
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I can get you a
couple of ones that's
really active in the gangs.
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We can definitely do that.
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(phone buzzing)
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GHOST: Hello? Yeah, you.
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Hey, you, uh, you
can come now, fool,
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I'm on the block.
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All right. Damn.
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MARIANA: He's here?
GHOST: Come in, bro.
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MAN: Sup?
GHOST: What's happening, dude?
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GHOST: Four?
MAN: Yeah.
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GHOST: This is how we,
this is how we serve it up,
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so he say he want four lines,
so that's four ounces...
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MARIANA: Mm-hmm.
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GHOST: So I just gotta
pour it until it hit four.
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MARIANA: Oh, it's really purple.
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Tone has cleared the
way for me to meet, "Ghost,"
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a member of the Black P. Stones
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who was born in Belize.
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Ghost makes his living
selling ounces of lean,
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a potent mixture of
cough syrup and promethazine.
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How much do you pay for it?
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GHOST: This right
here is four lines,
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so that's, like,
that's 250 a line...
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MARIANA: It's $1,000?
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GHOST: Yeah,
that's how much we get.
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(inaudible), all set my boy.
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(overlapping chatter)
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MARIANA: Bye.
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So this is all
the money you made today?
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00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:19,413
GHOST: Yeah.
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00:17:20,748 --> 00:17:22,667
MARIANA: So, it's about
$2,000 just from selling drugs?
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GHOST: Yeah.
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MARIANA: So wait, so
you were born where?
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GHOST: I was born in Belize.
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MARIANA: And when
did you come to the US?
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GHOST: I came out
here when I was like,
when I was 17-years-old.
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So I, I came out
here nine years ago.
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MARIANA: When you were
living in Belize though, do,
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did you know what
gang life was already?
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GHOST: Yeah, I was, because
I had been exposed over there.
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Deports, like, deportees
from over here go over there
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and they start gangs.
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So, I grew up around that.
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MARIANA: What kind
of gangs were there?
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GHOST: Um, Bloods, Crips.
MARIANA: So the same gangs?
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GHOST: Yeah, the
same gang over here.
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Me growing up, I had to have
pistol with me going to school.
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I grew up people not liking
me because of my dad back home.
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MARIANA: Can you tell me
what your dad does in Belize?
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GHOST: He the police in
Belize right now, ma'am.
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He ain't in charge, but he's...
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MARIANA: One of them. Right now?
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GHOST: Right now.
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MARIANA: Does he know
you're involved in a gang here?
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GHOST: He do.
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Yeah, he know I been in
the prison and all that like.
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00:18:13,884 --> 00:18:15,970
MARIANA: And what, what,
what were you charged with?
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MARIANA: And now you're
totally free now, are you?
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00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:24,729
GHOST: Yeah, almost two years,
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I've got this
ankle monitor on my leg.
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And I keep violating it.
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00:18:28,524 --> 00:18:31,402
Like, I keep getting violations
and all type of crazy stuff.
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So I don't know.
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You know, I was born in Belize,
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so you know how
the immigration goes.
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They was trying to deport me.
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MARIANA: The fact that
Ghost was not born here,
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and is not a US citizen,
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means his situation
is particularly fraught.
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GHOST: Mom.
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WOMAN (over phone): Mm-hmm.
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GHOST: I'm on my way to court.
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WOMAN (over phone): What are
you gonna tell them at court?
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GHOST: I'm going to go
see if the attorney tell me,
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if he could get me on probation.
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00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,770
MARIANA: Although Ghost has
already served 16 months in
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prison for prior charges,
he's headed back to court today
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00:19:09,273 --> 00:19:12,276
to face new charges for
gun possession and robbery,
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00:19:12,276 --> 00:19:14,403
or he could simply be deported.
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00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:16,405
And so what's the worst
case scenario for you?
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MARIANA: What, what, what do
you think that time would be,
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if you do have to serve time?
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GHOST: Probably like
a year and a half, two years.
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It ain't nothing.
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MARIANA: For you, would it
be worse to have to serve time
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in prison or be
deported back to Belize?
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00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:43,974
MARIANA: You prefer
to do time in prison
than to go back to Belize?
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00:19:46,894 --> 00:19:48,562
MARIANA: This is shocking to me.
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What is happening in
Belize that is both feeding
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new recruits to LA gangs,
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00:19:52,608 --> 00:19:55,486
and is horrific enough
that somebody like Ghost would
400
00:19:55,486 --> 00:19:59,782
rather spend years in an
American jail than be sent back?
401
00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:05,329
Chip knows someone who
can answer that question.
402
00:20:05,329 --> 00:20:06,956
CHIP: Tanga, he's a
good friend of mine.
403
00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:09,708
But he went and robbed somebody
and ended up getting caught.
404
00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,836
Instead of
sentencing him to prison,
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00:20:11,836 --> 00:20:13,379
they deported
him back to Belize,
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00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,381
let them deal with it.
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00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,967
MARIANA: Today, Tanga
has reestablished himself as
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00:20:17,967 --> 00:20:20,678
a top drug dealer
in Belize City.
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00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:23,013
And since he's not
allowed in the US,
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00:20:23,013 --> 00:20:25,349
I'm going to him.
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00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:37,903
♪ ♪
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MARIANA: I first came to Belize
as a tourist 20 years ago.
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00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:45,786
Flying in and passing over its
long reef and emerald waters,
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00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:47,663
you can't miss the appeal.
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00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:52,251
(singing native language).
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00:20:52,251 --> 00:20:53,586
MARIANA: It's a new country,
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00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,672
barely 40 years old,
with a young population and
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00:20:56,672 --> 00:21:01,469
an economy that runs on
sugarcane, bananas, and tourism.
419
00:21:03,721 --> 00:21:06,223
I've come to meet
Chip's friend, Tanga,
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00:21:06,223 --> 00:21:08,559
who's also
affiliated with the Crips.
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00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:11,854
He's promised to show me how
gang life has become woven into
422
00:21:11,854 --> 00:21:13,939
the fabric of Belize.
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00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:16,025
But in a crazy twist of fate,
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00:21:16,025 --> 00:21:19,278
I now know that's
never going to happen.
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00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:25,075
(sobbing)
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00:21:27,161 --> 00:21:28,370
MARIANA: So you can
see all the cars lined up.
427
00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:30,164
This is the end
of the procession,
428
00:21:30,164 --> 00:21:33,584
and this was there, where
they were bringing the casket.
429
00:21:33,584 --> 00:21:36,003
Right now, there's all
the family members and
430
00:21:36,003 --> 00:21:38,380
friends all surrounded.
431
00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:40,633
Instead of interviewing Tanga,
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00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:43,427
I've arrived in
time for his funeral.
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00:21:44,011 --> 00:21:45,804
(sirens wailing)
434
00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:48,265
Local news reports are
providing the disturbing details
435
00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:50,851
of what appears to be
a hit by a rival gang.
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REPORTER (over TV):
Known to many as Tanga,
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was executed as he drove
a sport utility vehicle in
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the company of Marybeth Wade.
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00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:59,401
REPORTER 2 (overTV):
Eyewitnesses on the scene say
that the vehicle was shot at
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King Street, but sped away
quickly in an attempt to escape
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00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:04,532
REPORTER 3 (over TV): The
father of four, it is believed,
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was on the wrong side of
town when he was ambushed.
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00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:13,332
MARIANA: When we
arrive for the service,
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00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,502
we see almost the entire
community has turned out
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00:22:16,502 --> 00:22:19,171
to say goodbye and
pay their respects.
446
00:22:25,094 --> 00:22:28,597
(horns honking)
447
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,282
MARIANA: One of the many
people Tanga left behind was
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his girlfriend, Marybeth, who
was also shot in the attack.
449
00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:53,372
MARYBETH: He had one of
the sweetest soul I ever met.
450
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:58,335
The feeling he give me,
nobody never give me that yet.
451
00:22:58,627 --> 00:23:01,130
MARIANA: This is not the first
brush that Marybeth's family has
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00:23:01,130 --> 00:23:03,048
had with gun violence.
453
00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,050
Five years
before Tanga's killing,
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00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:08,888
the body of Marybeth's
own brother, Albert Jr.,
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00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:12,600
was discovered on a
dirt road, brutally murdered.
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00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,935
You were with Tanga, right,
when he was shot and killed?
457
00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:16,770
MARYBETH: Yeah.
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00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,355
The first shot came, boom.
459
00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:20,357
And he told me to get down.
460
00:23:20,357 --> 00:23:22,443
And the next shot came.
461
00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:25,571
He drove off and
in speed, like, really hard,
462
00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:29,867
and the car just crashed
into a wall, a cement wall.
463
00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:33,245
And I lift up my head and
I said, "Babe, I got hit."
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00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:35,748
And blood was everywhere.
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00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,124
When I lift his head up...
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00:23:37,124 --> 00:23:38,459
MARIANA: Oh, my God.
467
00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:41,170
MARYBETH: I saw the
bullet hole at his neck and
468
00:23:41,170 --> 00:23:45,215
all the blood was,
you know, gushing out.
469
00:23:45,215 --> 00:23:48,302
And I told him to breathe.
470
00:23:48,302 --> 00:23:50,304
Hold on. I said,
"We'll get help."
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00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:55,225
I just feel his
breath left his body and...
472
00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:58,145
(sighs)
473
00:23:58,145 --> 00:24:00,773
Then I'm screaming and
asking God to help me.
474
00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:04,693
And I ask him, "Babe, please
pray on us, God, to save you."
475
00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:10,366
Second hardest day of my life,
losing my brother and losing
476
00:24:10,366 --> 00:24:13,035
the man I was going to spend
the rest of my life with.
477
00:24:13,035 --> 00:24:14,828
MARIANA: I mean, in a way,
he kept you safe, right,
478
00:24:14,828 --> 00:24:16,330
by holding you down?
479
00:24:16,330 --> 00:24:17,581
MARYBETH: Yeah.
480
00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:20,125
So he saved me
with his last breath.
481
00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,420
PRODUCER: Hold on.
Let's cut, guys.
482
00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:24,922
Someone's here.
483
00:24:24,922 --> 00:24:26,048
MARYBETH: (bleep).
484
00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:28,300
Who, who that?
485
00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,593
ALBERT SR.: Shut
this (bleep) down.
486
00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:31,679
(speaking native language).
487
00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:33,847
Do you want it easy
or do you want it rough?
488
00:24:33,847 --> 00:24:36,141
Get the (bleep)
out of my property!
489
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:37,559
Get the (bleep).
This is my (bleep) property.
490
00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:39,395
MARIANA: Her dad who's
very upset about what happened
491
00:24:39,395 --> 00:24:42,106
to his daughter and
he doesn't want cameras
here and he's yelling.
492
00:24:42,106 --> 00:24:44,024
Let's get out for now and
then we can come back in.
493
00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:45,025
Okay, sir, we will.
494
00:24:45,025 --> 00:24:46,151
We'll get out.
495
00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,444
ALBERT SR.: (bleep).
MARIANA: Sir. Sir.
496
00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:48,654
PRODUCER: We said yes!
MARIANA: We said yes.
497
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:49,655
ALBERT SR.: Leave!
MARIANA: Okay.
498
00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:50,990
We're getting out.
499
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:51,824
ALBERT SR.: (bleep).
MARIANA: We're getting out.
500
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:52,700
We're getting out! Hey, sir.
501
00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:53,909
Don't touch, don't touch them.
502
00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:56,537
Don't, hey, hey.
Sir, don't touch, please.
503
00:24:56,537 --> 00:24:58,455
No touching! No touching!
504
00:24:58,455 --> 00:24:59,957
Everybody's leaving.
505
00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:01,291
MARYBETH: What is your problem?
ALBERT SR.: Stop the video.
506
00:25:01,291 --> 00:25:02,960
MARYBETH: (bleep).
PRODUCER: Everyone is leaving.
507
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,878
MARYBETH: What is your problem?
508
00:25:11,885 --> 00:25:15,764
(dogs barking)
509
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,435
MARIANA: Eventually,
things calm down,
510
00:25:19,435 --> 00:25:23,856
and we are able to speak with
Marybeth's father, Albert, Sr.
511
00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,316
Can you tell me why
you were very angry?
512
00:25:26,316 --> 00:25:28,902
ALBERT SR.: Because
I remember my son.
513
00:25:28,902 --> 00:25:32,239
I didn't have no, I don't
have nothing against you guys.
514
00:25:32,239 --> 00:25:34,742
MARIANA: I know.
ALBERT SR.: I'm sorry.
515
00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:36,952
MARIANA: No, it's okay.
You don't need to apologize.
516
00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:39,705
It's easy to understand why
the presence of a crew from
517
00:25:39,705 --> 00:25:42,166
the United States
has triggered him.
518
00:25:42,166 --> 00:25:45,461
The gang activity that
has devastated his family is
519
00:25:45,461 --> 00:25:47,921
a direct export from America.
520
00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:50,466
ALBERT SR.: Until you
go through this situation,
521
00:25:50,466 --> 00:25:52,926
you will never understand.
522
00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:58,182
Everybody and I wish
people would think before
523
00:25:58,182 --> 00:26:00,100
they do stupid things and...
524
00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:21,080
ALEX: The deportation policy,
it may or may not be working,
525
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,706
depending on how you look at it.
526
00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:25,000
They're getting rid of gang
members out of Los Angeles and
527
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,919
out of California, yeah,
that's probably the goal.
528
00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:30,798
But at the same time,
you're just sending the culture
529
00:26:30,798 --> 00:26:34,468
to another land,
creating the problem there.
530
00:26:34,468 --> 00:26:36,845
MARIANA: When gang members
like Tanga were deported
531
00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:38,931
from the US back to Belize,
532
00:26:38,931 --> 00:26:41,391
they brought their
affiliations with them,
533
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:45,312
spawning Belizean
crews of American gangs.
534
00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:51,026
ALEX: You have the
Rollin' 30s, the Rollin' 20s,
535
00:26:51,026 --> 00:26:52,986
the Black P. Stones, the Brims,
536
00:26:52,986 --> 00:26:57,324
you have all these gangs now in
Belize to spread that culture.
537
00:26:58,325 --> 00:27:00,953
MARIANA: Back in LA, Chip,
who connected us with Tanga,
538
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:03,539
is mourning his friend's death.
539
00:27:04,248 --> 00:27:06,500
(phone line ringing)
540
00:27:09,878 --> 00:27:11,046
MARIANA: Hey, Chip.
So sorry for your loss.
541
00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:12,631
We were at the funeral.
542
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:24,977
MARIANA: So you don't, you don't
know exactly who killed him yet.
543
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:27,354
You don't know which group,
or if it was a group, or a gang?
544
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:32,818
MARIANA: So, what do you,
what's your advice because
545
00:27:32,818 --> 00:27:36,280
obviously we're gonna try
and talk to people here, um,
546
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,408
and it's an incredibly
volatile time to be,
547
00:27:39,408 --> 00:27:41,368
you know,
investigating all of this?
548
00:27:48,959 --> 00:27:50,836
MARIANA: Chip comes
through with an address,
549
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,546
leading us here,
550
00:27:52,546 --> 00:27:55,132
to an abandoned
building in Belize City.
551
00:27:55,132 --> 00:27:57,092
Though he has
guaranteed access,
552
00:27:57,092 --> 00:28:00,429
we're told that he cannot
guarantee our security.
553
00:28:01,972 --> 00:28:04,016
I think, it's definitely here.
554
00:28:05,934 --> 00:28:08,186
Watch out here.
555
00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:10,606
Can I come in?
556
00:28:16,904 --> 00:28:23,702
♪ ♪
557
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:30,500
(rapping in native language).
558
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:37,257
(rapping in native language).
559
00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:40,385
MARIANA: Belize is home to
over two dozen feuding groups of
560
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:44,056
Bloods and Crips, most of them
concentrated in the south part
561
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:46,475
of the capital, Belize City.
562
00:28:47,601 --> 00:28:50,604
In the space of 20 years,
the number of murders in this
563
00:28:50,604 --> 00:28:53,690
country has more
than tripled, giving it,
564
00:28:53,690 --> 00:28:57,945
per capita, the seventh highest
homicide rate in the world.
565
00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:02,157
(dogs barking)
566
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:03,283
Hi.
567
00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:05,118
MAD MAX: Hi.
MARIANA: I'm Mariana.
568
00:29:09,247 --> 00:29:12,334
MARIANA: Scarface and
Mad Max lead a faction of Crips,
569
00:29:12,334 --> 00:29:15,629
one of the most dangerous
factions in Belize City.
570
00:29:18,298 --> 00:29:21,593
So, can you tell me about
what's life like here in Belize?
571
00:29:40,195 --> 00:29:42,280
MARIANA: Still, you're
loyal to the Crips, right,
or you're part of the Crips?
572
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,281
SCARFACE: Yeah.
573
00:29:48,787 --> 00:29:50,288
MARIANA: So it depends
on where you're born, really?
574
00:29:57,754 --> 00:29:59,214
MARIANA: To hear
it from these two,
575
00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:02,592
the gang acts as a kind of
community welfare organization,
576
00:30:02,592 --> 00:30:06,888
providing cash and
jobs to residents of a
disadvantaged neighborhood.
577
00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:09,266
But of course,
there's more to it.
578
00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:10,892
I mean, you guys
sell drugs, right?
579
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:11,935
MAD MAX: Mm-hmm.
580
00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:13,478
MARIANA: What
drugs do you guys sell?
581
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,731
MAD MAX: They sell
cocaine and speed.
582
00:30:15,731 --> 00:30:17,399
MARIANA: And why do you guys
think there's so much violence
583
00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:19,735
associated with,
with the drug business?
584
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:24,865
MARIANA: So the system
is failing you guys and
585
00:30:24,865 --> 00:30:26,158
you guys have to
figure out your own system?
586
00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:27,159
MAD MAX: Yeah.
587
00:30:30,412 --> 00:30:32,330
MARIANA: Have you
guys killed people?
588
00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:49,097
MARIANA: But then doesn't
that make them come back
589
00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:50,557
and kill some, one of yours?
590
00:30:55,437 --> 00:30:56,605
MARIANA: Do most
people carry guns?
591
00:30:56,605 --> 00:30:57,939
Do most of you guys carry guns?
592
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:10,327
MARIANA: A Beretta? And it's
got an extended magazine, yeah?
593
00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:12,162
MAD MAX: Yeah.
594
00:31:12,496 --> 00:31:16,750
MARIANA: 2,000 miles
separate the Jungles in
South Central Los Angeles
595
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:19,252
from this spot in Belize City,
596
00:31:19,252 --> 00:31:22,506
but the parallels
I'm seeing are uncanny.
597
00:31:23,298 --> 00:31:27,302
In the face of hardship,
violence has become normalized
598
00:31:27,302 --> 00:31:30,097
and the lives of fellow
gang members reduced to points
599
00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:34,267
on a scorecard in a
game that doesn't end.
600
00:31:35,018 --> 00:31:38,563
Mad Max and Scarface belonged
to the same gang as Tanga.
601
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:41,650
So the next move may
well be from their side.
602
00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:45,028
So, which group, which gang,
who do you think killed Tanga?
603
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,283
MARIANA: It's the Bloods?
MAD MAX: Yeah.
604
00:31:54,579 --> 00:31:56,581
MARIANA: How many
funerals have you guys been to?
605
00:32:00,794 --> 00:32:03,296
MARIANA: If the Bloods in
Belize are indeed responsible
606
00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:06,675
for Tanga's murder, I have
to wonder how they benefit from
607
00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:10,095
a killing that is sure
to produce retaliation.
608
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:13,390
The close ties between
gangs in the US and Belize
609
00:32:13,390 --> 00:32:15,225
means that, once again,
610
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:18,395
I'm reaching out to gang
contacts in Los Angeles for
611
00:32:18,395 --> 00:32:21,189
an introduction to
gang members here.
612
00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:25,527
(phone line ringing)
613
00:32:25,527 --> 00:32:26,570
Z (over phone): Hello?
614
00:32:26,570 --> 00:32:27,946
MARIANA: Hey Z.
How are you doing?
615
00:32:32,450 --> 00:32:34,244
MARIANA: Really? You got,
you are hearing some stuff?
616
00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,749
MARIANA: Is there any word on
who might have killed Tanga or
617
00:32:39,749 --> 00:32:41,293
been involved in his death?
618
00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:56,766
MARIANA: Are you
still in touch with them?
619
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:01,438
MARIANA: Do you think
that they would talk to us?
620
00:33:07,444 --> 00:33:10,447
MARIANA: It's hard to reconcile
the natural beauty of Belize
621
00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:14,242
with the desperation and blood
feuds of those who live there.
622
00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:17,621
I don't have an
expectation to solve a murder,
623
00:33:17,621 --> 00:33:20,040
but I do want to
understand why these sides are
624
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,709
warring against one another.
625
00:33:24,711 --> 00:33:27,214
(rooster crows)
626
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:28,215
Hmm.
627
00:33:28,215 --> 00:33:29,549
CREW: I mean, you, yeah...
628
00:33:29,549 --> 00:33:30,800
MARIANA: Here, can I
show you what you look like?
629
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,677
You tell me if you
think you're recognizable.
630
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:34,846
My contact has come
through with a meeting place
631
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:38,016
and gang leader who
might have answers.
632
00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:40,352
KING DON: I might
try the glasses.
633
00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:41,811
MARIANA: Glasses?
634
00:33:41,811 --> 00:33:43,939
Does anyone have a
pair of sunglasses?
635
00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:55,659
♪ ♪
636
00:34:30,819 --> 00:34:35,573
♪ ♪
637
00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:38,785
MARIANA: The gangs in
Belize run blue and red.
638
00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:41,121
Tanga, who was
deported from America,
639
00:34:41,121 --> 00:34:44,457
was affiliated with
the Crips, and rumor has it,
640
00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:47,794
that he was killed by a
faction led by this man.
641
00:34:47,794 --> 00:34:49,212
CREW: Sound rolling.
642
00:34:49,212 --> 00:34:50,463
And we're good.
643
00:34:50,463 --> 00:34:52,382
MARIANA: Great. Okay. King Don.
644
00:34:52,382 --> 00:34:55,677
So, you're part of the
George Street Town gang?
645
00:34:55,677 --> 00:34:56,803
KING DON: Yeah.
646
00:34:56,803 --> 00:34:58,596
MARIANA: Which is
part of the, the Bloods?
647
00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:00,265
KING DON: Bloods, yeah.
648
00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:04,185
MARIANA: This is King Don,
one of the most feared leaders
649
00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:05,979
of the Bloods in Belize.
650
00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:10,358
He's been active since 1996,
one of the few surviving elders
651
00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:13,153
of this
satellite Bloods faction.
652
00:35:13,153 --> 00:35:15,572
So, I wanted to ask you
a difficult question, um.
653
00:35:16,489 --> 00:35:20,535
We've heard that it was the
George Street Bloods who killed
654
00:35:20,535 --> 00:35:23,121
or were responsible
for the killing of Tanga.
655
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,539
KING DON: No.
MARIANA: Is that true?
656
00:35:33,298 --> 00:35:34,966
KING DON: You know?
657
00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:36,634
MARIANA: But it
seems that that's what,
658
00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:39,304
that's what people
are saying, right?
659
00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:41,222
KING DON: Well...
660
00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:46,102
MARIANA: Because it
happened in your territory.
661
00:35:46,102 --> 00:35:47,854
KING DON: Yeah.
662
00:35:47,854 --> 00:35:49,189
MARIANA: What does
that mean for your
territory and for your gang?
663
00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,190
For your group?
664
00:35:50,190 --> 00:35:51,191
KING DON: Well...
665
00:35:57,322 --> 00:36:00,450
MARIANA: How much do you
think deportation of Crips and
666
00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:03,703
Bloods to Belize, how much
did that affect the violence?
667
00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:39,406
MARIANA: Have you ever shot
at anyone or killed anyone?
668
00:36:47,247 --> 00:36:48,373
MARIANA: Are you also
the person who decides
669
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,333
who's going to be
doing the killing?
670
00:36:54,712 --> 00:36:57,132
MARIANA: Is it difficult to
find people willing to do it?
671
00:36:57,132 --> 00:36:59,092
KING DON: Not in
the streets of Belize.
672
00:36:59,092 --> 00:37:01,344
You know, it's, they want ranks,
673
00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:03,513
they want to be like
they are the big homies,
674
00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:05,473
they want to be generals.
675
00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:06,766
MARIANA: Oh, so
it's a ranking thing.
676
00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:08,226
So, if you kill somebody, you,
677
00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,936
you go up in the rank?
678
00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:12,647
KING DON: Yeah.
You get rank by your work.
679
00:37:13,273 --> 00:37:18,236
And it's never stop,
because if you kill one of mine,
680
00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:22,157
we kill two of yours,
three of yours.
681
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,452
If you kill three of mines,
I try to get four of yours.
682
00:37:25,452 --> 00:37:27,996
And it's never stop.
683
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:29,748
MARIANA: It's, the
more time we spend here,
684
00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:31,916
the more I realize how
much of an influence America
685
00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:33,376
has on all of it.
686
00:37:33,376 --> 00:37:35,503
Is there any message you'd like
to give the American people?
687
00:37:35,503 --> 00:37:36,963
KING DON: Yeah.
688
00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:01,529
MARIANA: This is a
moment I will never forget.
689
00:38:01,529 --> 00:38:04,407
Here is a general, a leader
of one of the most brutal
690
00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:08,036
street gangs in the Belize,
who, by his own admission,
691
00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:11,956
orders young men to
kill rival gang members.
692
00:38:11,956 --> 00:38:15,794
And he's admitting that
he feels just as trapped as
693
00:38:15,794 --> 00:38:18,129
everybody else in the game.
694
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,965
So trapped that
he hopes America,
695
00:38:20,965 --> 00:38:23,885
which sent gang
violence to Belize,
696
00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:28,681
will somehow provide an example
that will make it all go away.
697
00:38:30,725 --> 00:38:33,353
But America keeps
providing deportees,
698
00:38:33,353 --> 00:38:35,480
not answers.
699
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,441
Back in the States, the
gang member I know as Ghost
700
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:40,985
is standing with a
foot in each world.
701
00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,028
What is it?
702
00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:44,155
MARIANA: No.
703
00:38:45,532 --> 00:38:48,785
MARIANA: Awaiting a decision on
deportation while deepening his
704
00:38:48,785 --> 00:38:50,912
connection to drug traffickers.
705
00:38:50,912 --> 00:38:51,913
Candy Cane?
706
00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:52,914
JASPER: Mm-hmm.
707
00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:54,999
MARIANA: And
there's cocaine in here?
708
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,259
♪ They're criminals ♪
709
00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:06,386
♪ In uniform ♪♪
710
00:39:06,386 --> 00:39:10,265
♪ ♪
711
00:39:10,265 --> 00:39:12,725
MARIANA: Though Ghost may be
on the verge of deportation,
712
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:15,353
he's not giving up
on the gang today.
713
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:19,440
His mentor, a man we'll call
Jasper has brought him to meet
714
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,111
a wholesale supplier
of weed and cocaine.
715
00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:24,445
GHOST: Plugz,
what's up my (bleep)?
716
00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:25,697
PLUGZ: What's up
with them (bleep)?
717
00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,323
JASPER: The regular, degular.
718
00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:28,408
You know what I need.
719
00:39:28,408 --> 00:39:30,034
PLUGZ: Mariana.
720
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:31,452
MARIANA: Mariana.
PLUGZ: Nice to meet...
721
00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:32,495
Plugz. Nice to meet you.
722
00:39:32,495 --> 00:39:34,038
MARIANA: Plugz?
PLUGZ: Plugz.
723
00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:35,164
MARIANA: It's okay if we film?
724
00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:36,416
He told you we
were coming, right?
725
00:39:36,416 --> 00:39:37,667
PLUGZ: Yeah. Yeah, it's good.
726
00:39:37,667 --> 00:39:38,626
She with you though?
727
00:39:38,626 --> 00:39:40,169
JASPER: Yeah, it's good.
728
00:39:40,169 --> 00:39:43,715
MARIANA: Plugz is recovering
from gunshot wounds to his legs.
729
00:39:43,715 --> 00:39:47,135
The result of a bad business
deal three weeks earlier.
730
00:39:47,135 --> 00:39:49,012
JASPER: Is that the candy?
PLUGZ: Yeah, this is the candy.
731
00:39:49,012 --> 00:39:50,179
You heard about this?
732
00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:51,472
JASPER: Uh-oh.
PLUGZ: Come on, now.
733
00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:52,932
MARIANA: What is that?
PLUGZ: New and improved?
734
00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:54,017
JASPER: Yeah, that's the
new and improved, "Zazaland."
735
00:39:54,017 --> 00:39:55,643
(bleep). Come on,
that (bleep) fire.
736
00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,020
MARIANA: What is it?
Can I see it?
737
00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,646
JASPER: That's the coke.
MARIANA: Oh. It's cocaine?
738
00:39:58,646 --> 00:39:59,814
JASPER: Yeah.
739
00:39:59,814 --> 00:40:00,982
MARIANA: And it's
packaged like this?
740
00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:02,108
JASPER: Yeah,
that's our secret package.
741
00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:02,942
PLUGZ: Yup, that's
the secret package.
742
00:40:02,942 --> 00:40:04,193
MARIANA: No.
PLUGZ: Yeah.
743
00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:05,737
(laughs)
744
00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:07,947
MARIANA: Zazaland?
PLUGZ: Yeah.
745
00:40:07,947 --> 00:40:09,699
MARIANA: Candy Cane?
JASPER: Mm-hmm.
746
00:40:09,699 --> 00:40:10,783
MARIANA: And
there's cocaine in here?
747
00:40:10,783 --> 00:40:12,368
JASPER: You don't feel it?
748
00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:15,455
It's a little
small brick of cocaine.
749
00:40:23,087 --> 00:40:24,839
MARIANA: So, how
much do you have there?
750
00:40:24,839 --> 00:40:27,383
JASPER: I got 2,000. Okay.
751
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,885
Here you go.
752
00:40:28,885 --> 00:40:30,136
MARIANA: So,
I'm interested, you,
753
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,763
we are very far away
from your neighborhood.
754
00:40:31,763 --> 00:40:33,097
GHOST: Mm-hmm.
755
00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,349
MARIANA: And you have
an ankle bracelet on you.
756
00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:36,225
Is that something, are
you afraid at all that
757
00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:38,645
they might
monitor where you are?
758
00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:41,981
GHOST: Yeah, but, you know,
759
00:40:41,981 --> 00:40:43,691
I'm not doing (bleep).
760
00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:45,693
So I'm not worried
about that (bleep).
761
00:40:45,693 --> 00:40:48,446
JASPER: One, two,
three, four, five...
762
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,114
PLUGZ: Hey, nice to meet you.
GHOST: Nice to meeting you.
763
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:51,407
JASPER: All right, then.
764
00:40:51,407 --> 00:40:53,785
PLUGZ: (inaudible).
765
00:40:54,911 --> 00:40:57,372
MARIANA: Court delays mean it
will be one more month before
766
00:40:57,372 --> 00:41:00,458
Ghost learns his
deportation status.
767
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,960
But by doubling down on
the streets and racking up
768
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:07,215
new charges, it seems
inevitable that, like Tanga,
769
00:41:07,215 --> 00:41:11,010
he too will eventually
be sent back to Belize.
770
00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:14,681
GHOST: This shit, this
is just, like, a cycle, man.
771
00:41:14,681 --> 00:41:15,890
MARIANA: What do you mean?
772
00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:17,976
GHOST: It's like, it's,
it's not gonna stop.
773
00:41:17,976 --> 00:41:19,936
There's gonna be
different guys get deported,
774
00:41:19,936 --> 00:41:21,479
and go, you get me?
775
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:22,897
Gonna go over there.
776
00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:24,065
MARIANA: Continue
the violence there.
777
00:41:24,065 --> 00:41:25,483
GHOST: Continue
the violence there.
778
00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:27,485
'Cause they ain't got
nothing to lose, you feel me?
779
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:30,238
MARIANA: And predictably,
in Belize and throughout
780
00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:33,658
Central America, that
uptick in violence will fuel
781
00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:36,619
more immigration to the US.
782
00:41:41,374 --> 00:41:44,961
Which is what's brought me
to this motel in a location
783
00:41:44,961 --> 00:41:47,797
that's best not revealed.
784
00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:50,216
MARYBETH: Yeah.
MARIANA: Oh, wow.
785
00:41:50,216 --> 00:41:51,676
It's healing really nicely.
786
00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:54,846
MARYBETH: Yeah, this one here,
and the other one here.
787
00:41:54,846 --> 00:41:56,139
That's the bullet they took out.
788
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:58,433
MARIANA: Ooh, no!
789
00:41:58,808 --> 00:42:02,353
Okay, so last time I saw you was
about five months ago in Belize.
790
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:04,689
MARYBETH: I was still
getting attacked by people.
791
00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,024
MARIANA: Mm-hmm.
792
00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:08,109
MARYBETH: Saying mean
stuff about me and Tanga,
793
00:42:08,109 --> 00:42:09,235
and stuff, you know?
794
00:42:09,235 --> 00:42:12,321
And I got a lot of
threat on my life, like,
795
00:42:12,321 --> 00:42:14,407
they're gonna
burn my house down.
796
00:42:14,407 --> 00:42:16,701
They're gonna come to
my house and shoot me.
797
00:42:16,701 --> 00:42:18,119
They lit my car on fire.
798
00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:19,787
MARIANA: Oof. This is the seat?
799
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:21,789
MARYBETH: Yeah.
MARIANA: Oh, wow.
800
00:42:21,789 --> 00:42:24,083
MARYBETH: Some guys that
used to hang with Tanga,
801
00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:25,376
they say I killed Tanga.
802
00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:26,753
MARIANA: Mm-hmm.
803
00:42:26,753 --> 00:42:29,922
I mean, so much of this
happened after Tanga died.
804
00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:33,634
Do you regret having had a
relationship with him at all?
805
00:42:34,761 --> 00:42:37,430
MARYBETH: I don't
regret meeting him.
806
00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:40,892
The way he died
really hit me hard.
807
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:43,811
Like, I still cry up to now.
808
00:42:43,811 --> 00:42:47,857
And I don't...
809
00:42:47,857 --> 00:42:49,859
(sighs)
810
00:42:49,859 --> 00:42:51,110
The love I share with him,
811
00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:53,196
I don't think I'll ever
share with someone else.
812
00:42:53,196 --> 00:42:59,035
So, you know, um, no, I'm...
813
00:42:59,035 --> 00:43:00,453
I'll never love again.
814
00:43:00,453 --> 00:43:03,247
He's my one true love.
815
00:43:03,247 --> 00:43:06,417
MARIANA: And then,
so when did you decide
that it was time to leave?
816
00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:10,171
MARYBETH: I just woke up a
Thursday morning and I told
817
00:43:10,171 --> 00:43:13,382
my mom, "I'm going to the US."
818
00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:15,009
MARIANA: How did you
come across the border?
819
00:43:15,009 --> 00:43:16,719
MARYBETH: Um,
when I reached Mexico,
820
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:19,055
I gave myself into
the US authorities.
821
00:43:19,055 --> 00:43:20,556
MARIANA: And what
did you tell them?
822
00:43:20,556 --> 00:43:23,434
MARYBETH: That I'm fearing
for my life in my home country
823
00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:25,394
and I need help.
824
00:43:25,394 --> 00:43:26,729
MARIANA: And your
kids are still in Belize?
825
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,272
MARYBETH: Yeah.
826
00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:31,484
I'm trying to figure out a
way how to get them here, so.
827
00:43:31,484 --> 00:43:33,569
MARIANA: Do you talk to them?
MARYBETH: Every day.
828
00:43:33,569 --> 00:43:35,655
"Mommy, when you coming home?"
829
00:43:35,655 --> 00:43:38,074
You know, and it
breaks my heart.
830
00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:41,244
I cry a lot, but, um,
831
00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:44,455
we'll be okay and
I'll see how I can get
832
00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:47,166
them over here, eventually.
833
00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:50,086
MARIANA: It's an open
question whether Marybeth and
834
00:43:50,086 --> 00:43:53,005
her children
will break the cycle.
835
00:43:53,005 --> 00:43:54,841
One which pushes
gang members and
836
00:43:54,841 --> 00:43:57,301
chaos back to
their home countries.
837
00:43:58,553 --> 00:44:01,973
MARYBETH: Belize is crazy,
the violence there is crazy.
838
00:44:01,973 --> 00:44:05,226
MARIANA: Which in turn drives
new immigrants here into the
839
00:44:05,226 --> 00:44:07,895
waiting arms of street gangs.
840
00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:10,523
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