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How US Prison Gangs (Nuestra Familia) Actually Work | How Crime Works

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John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the organization from 1994 to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San Quentin, Pelican Bay, and Corcoran.
He was a member of the Nuestra Raza before rising to the rank of commander in the Nuestra Familia. Mendoza speaks with Insider about rivalry with the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood, corrupt prison guards, attacks and uprisings, weapons, and yard fights. He also talks about life inside the gang, from rules to prison tattoos and methods of communication in jail.
Nowadays he has a KZhead channel called Paradigm Media News, where he does interviews with other former gang members and talks about life since leaving prison. He is the author of "Nuestra Familia", and can be contacted at boxerparadigm@gmail.com for signed copies.
Find out more on John’s KZhead channel:
/ @paradigmmedianews
And on Twitter:
twitter.com/john36556946?s=21...
And TikTok:
www.tiktok.com/@sfranb
00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Chapter 1 | Joining the Gang
03:27 - Chapter 2 | Your First Day in Jail
05:43 - Chapter 3 | The Structure
07:43 - Chapter 4 | The Rivalries
10:07 - Chapter 5 | The Weapons
12:52 - Chapter 6 | The Guards
15:26 - Chapter 7 | The Codes
17:49 - Chapter 8 | The Money
19:18 - Chapter 9 | The Gang on the Streets
20:53 - Chapter 10 | The Truce
23:16 - Chapter 11 | The Fallout
27:21 - Chapter 12 | Bad Standings
28:23 - Chapter 13 | The Backstory
30:04 - Chapter 14 | War Stories
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  • I quit being a correctional officer because of all the corruption at GEO formerly Wackenhut in Cleveland, Texas. I always used to say that the ONLY difference between a CO and a inmate is that the CO's haven't been caught yet for their crimes.

    @supahmariostyle@supahmariostyle7 ай бұрын

    • Yea GEO got they hands in PA too..they play dirty🤦🏽‍♂️

      @yeadoe6627@yeadoe66277 ай бұрын

    • Only difference was one had keys the other did not

      @DallasLL@DallasLL7 ай бұрын

    • You were part of the problem.

      @billydelacey@billydelacey7 ай бұрын

    • Only diff: one gets to leave prison every day.

      @QazwerDave@QazwerDave7 ай бұрын

    • This mf prob got caught with the burner phones...

      @Adrian-twenty24@Adrian-twenty247 ай бұрын

  • No bullsh*t music in the background, just straight to the point stories. Excellent.

    @JAY1892@JAY18928 ай бұрын

    • Ya

      @justarandomniggafrm206@justarandomniggafrm2063 ай бұрын

    • I was blasting the little mermaid sound track to this and it somehow made this less gay

      @antfbi@antfbi3 ай бұрын

    • agreed

      @Sinsation27@Sinsation273 ай бұрын

    • Uragay ​@@antfbi

      @bigbubba7753@bigbubba77533 ай бұрын

    • ​@@antfbiso basically its gay when no music in a video?

      @cincaicincai7847@cincaicincai78473 ай бұрын

  • Didn't expect to be watching Mexican Kingpin talk about prison life on KZhead.

    @romxxii@romxxii3 ай бұрын

    • He looks like kingpin

      @Manuelabor1978@Manuelabor19782 ай бұрын

    • He's also in the 'How Obesity Works' video

      @alaincharnier1971@alaincharnier19712 ай бұрын

    • ​@@alaincharnier1971haha, noice.

      @derpsnarf4052@derpsnarf40522 ай бұрын

    • ​@@alaincharnier1971 ha ha 3rd grade humor. You must be the funny guy of the family

      @cellperfetto@cellperfetto2 ай бұрын

    • He giving up to much information ,he bet not go back🤷🏽‍♂️

      @globalwarningfilment7192@globalwarningfilment71922 ай бұрын

  • The Pelican Bay fight from the early 90s is one of the craziest prison riots ever caught on video. This dude is OG.

    @kuebby@kuebby3 ай бұрын

    • It was Feb of 99

      @GallowsPole805@GallowsPole80525 күн бұрын

    • Maybe from the US but there way more hardcore videos out there from south America decapitations n sheeeite

      @TheWatcherxx99@TheWatcherxx9911 күн бұрын

    • ​@@TheWatcherxx99🤔you must wanna have a pissing contest stfu and read!

      @billybob2522@billybob252210 күн бұрын

    • My ex wife's brother killed a CO on accident and got a life sentence in that video. His name is Tony and he is from Mariana Montavilla,

      @poesgro9022@poesgro90226 күн бұрын

  • This guy is most certainly the boss you get to at the final level.

    @omnomnomnomnomnomnom@omnomnomnomnomnomnom8 ай бұрын

    • kingpin irl

      @villainess9092@villainess90928 ай бұрын

    • Y'all ain't joking holy cow

      @Hello_Fuckers0@Hello_Fuckers08 ай бұрын

    • If he's so echelon type of NF G , why hasn't he ever testified against any NF leaders , or led law enforcement to find NF leader bank accounts or drug operations.

      @theoutlawnews8897@theoutlawnews88978 ай бұрын

    • Read his book

      @user-ou9th4yd1k@user-ou9th4yd1k8 ай бұрын

    • Lol

      @1984oner@1984oner8 ай бұрын

  • I am a Mexican. This gangster life destroyed our family. My older brother joined Sinaloan Cartel back in 1993. It all started when my brother was 14 and into that dope life. Poverty then, was rampant. And gangs were glorified and leaders were portrayed as saviour in some sorta way. Life was never the same in the family. My brother was gunned down in a rival gang shootout. Fortunately for me, Me and my Mom moved in the states and i could pursue my dream of becoming a doctor. But the horrors of murder and seeing dead bodies on the daily are still vivid in my memories.

    @wrecklessknight230@wrecklessknight2307 ай бұрын

    • Glad you made something of yourself man instead of that nonsense.

      @sirchadiusmaximusiii@sirchadiusmaximusiii7 ай бұрын

    • Amazing

      @rg7532@rg75327 ай бұрын

    • Good for you bro ❤

      @nofriendsclub69@nofriendsclub697 ай бұрын

    • So myself, you can ultimately change your path.

      @BrionWatling@BrionWatling7 ай бұрын

    • I'm so sorry for the hand you were dealt early on . Congratulations for pulling yourself out of that situation I am sorry for the loss of your brother

      @DeanCanady-gw4md@DeanCanady-gw4md7 ай бұрын

  • Glad you made it homie

    @chrisnichols2419@chrisnichols24193 ай бұрын

    • Why thank you ;) (my secret account)

      @mendaciousreality8459@mendaciousreality84592 ай бұрын

    • He didnt make it hes a former so drop out loo

      @MexicanHitler-jx6zl@MexicanHitler-jx6zl13 күн бұрын

  • this was really well done, I learned a lot. Thank you. Well produced, a damn good product.

    @geneclark3600@geneclark36002 ай бұрын

  • Aren’t we all glad we’re watching this on KZhead and not experiencing this for ourselves

    @CharmanderThug@CharmanderThug6 ай бұрын

    • Heck yeah, I am wondering how he got out of the gang you can't just leave.

      @americanpatriot7508@americanpatriot75083 ай бұрын

    • ​@americanpatriot7508 I believe you can leave but that also leaves you vulnerable because other rivel of gang memeber can still kill you because they saw you running with that crew but that's very rare also mostly you will get beat to life and death or just straight up death

      @DonutVIP@DonutVIP3 ай бұрын

    • 💯

      @JesusChrist-ck2sf@JesusChrist-ck2sf3 ай бұрын

    • Amen. I don’t miss those ish holes. Summer time in Texas is a different animal in its self. No ac, brutal

      @chrisnichols2419@chrisnichols24193 ай бұрын

    • it blows my mind that anybody would tolerate that lifestyle... I mean the respect and money at the cost of always having to watch out for what you say or do, killing people? I'll eat plain rice 7 days a week over that... especially if I can do it while chilling with my dog. I don't care how many guys look up to you or how much money you can collect, it can't compare to being able to wake up when you want eat what you want, and have a cute dog look at you wagging its tail knowing damn well that the car that just rolled up by your house has a 99.99999% chance of not being somebody that wants to kill you.

      @svampebob007@svampebob0073 ай бұрын

  • I retired as a deputy warden at USP Leavenworth. Around 2006 or 2007, I had a lot of Sureños and Norteños and they were constantly trying to kill each other. Washington DC finally realized we couldn't house both on the same yard, so we started moving Norteños out. Eventually I only had two Norteños left in SHU. They would ask me to release them to the yard. I would tell them it's you two against 100 Sureños. You know what their response was? "I'm good with those odds." I will admit they have no fear.

    @jonloftness5210@jonloftness52108 ай бұрын

    • Where did they send the Nortenos to if they can’t stay there?

      @123FUG33@123FUG338 ай бұрын

    • @@123FUG33 sorry, but I don’t recall. I doubt they were sent to the same place but I had 2500 inmates so as long as they were gone it was one less thing to be concerned about.

      @jonloftness5210@jonloftness52108 ай бұрын

    • ​@jonloftness5210 The more prisoners the more money goes into prison? Just like public schools, the more children the more money.

      @soniasg8639@soniasg86398 ай бұрын

    • I bet you were corrupt like most prison officials??

      @AnimalAlmighty@AnimalAlmighty8 ай бұрын

    • You had 2,500 inmates huh.. no you monitored 2,500 inmates.. you don't have anything you don't own them. did they brainwash you or try to while you were there@@jonloftness5210 ?

      @ItsVisto@ItsVisto8 ай бұрын

  • One of the best interviews of an ex gang member. Solide dude

    @bradx3950@bradx39503 ай бұрын

    • He is a drug dealer who turned into a snitch, nothing solid about him

      @MartinWasTaken@MartinWasTaken3 ай бұрын

    • HAH! You called him solid......he is "solid" for sure

      @sniferlip@sniferlip3 ай бұрын

    • You'd really think the topic here would be "This is how fucked up the US prison system is, now we need to massively overhaul it to get rid of things like prison rape and prison gangs." But no, let's just make atrocity porn about "how prison gangs work," as if they are some sort of inevitable and objective reality instead of a total systemic failure.

      @worldadventuretravel@worldadventuretravel3 ай бұрын

    • he sold out his brothers and turned his back on them, not really solid.

      @crizzonet@crizzonet3 ай бұрын

    • @@crizzonet No honor in that life. Don’t expect loyalty from now days criminals life is different from before. He’s doing a good job changing his life around.

      @bradx3950@bradx39503 ай бұрын

  • Fascinating. Eloquent. Informative. So pleased to be able to understand some of the culture and why it starts in the first place. Thank you for doing this

    @mmomal1748@mmomal17483 ай бұрын

  • I worked as a CO for over 10 years. I had John on my tier. He was very respectful. I never had any negative issues with him. Good luck to you John. I hope you are doing well.

    @dsnowman2675@dsnowman26758 ай бұрын

    • Damn

      @richhoops2413@richhoops24138 ай бұрын

    • No you didn't shut up

      @knowledgeispower3212@knowledgeispower32128 ай бұрын

    • he always this fat?

      @COKENCAKE@COKENCAKE8 ай бұрын

    • Reach out to him. @paradigmmedianews

      @shadowpitt@shadowpitt8 ай бұрын

    • I personally hope he leads a short and miserable life along with all "the homies"

      @DIARRHEA-PANIC@DIARRHEA-PANIC8 ай бұрын

  • One of the best prison testimonies I've heard. Its not often you get to hear an honest prison story that comes off genuine.

    @RC-187@RC-1874 ай бұрын

    • BOXER HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY HE ALSO HAS A KZhead CHANNEL THAT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL TOO

      @BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN@BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN3 ай бұрын

    • You'd really think the topic here would be "This is how fucked up the US prison system is, now we need to massively overhaul it to get rid of things like prison rape and prison gangs." But no, let's just make atrocity porn about "how prison gangs work," as if they are some sort of inevitable and objective reality instead of a total systemic failure.

      @worldadventuretravel@worldadventuretravel3 ай бұрын

    • Stool pigeon, is why he lives

      @rickmaldoo4205@rickmaldoo42053 ай бұрын

    • @@rickmaldoo4205 that's just YOUR opinion and you are entitled to your opinion but before you pass judgement on somebody you REALLY should get to know them personally BUT I'M JUST SAYIN THO 🤷😁

      @BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN@BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN3 ай бұрын

    • @@worldadventuretravel it's why journalism is commonly immoral. Talking about the failings of our justice system is boring. Hearing a gangster talk about his lifestyle isn't.

      @WhatDuhDogDoin@WhatDuhDogDoin3 ай бұрын

  • On point. Glad you out brotha. Keep up the good work on the straight path . God bless

    @MANwPLAN101@MANwPLAN1012 ай бұрын

  • the guy is drowning in wisdom and experience. kudos to him for taking the leap and making a change!

    @MarsLonsen@MarsLonsen3 ай бұрын

  • The biggest indication this man has made a powerful internal change is when he brought up his moms struggles. He made it clear he didn't blame her for his drug use. He had accepted his faults.

    @GEO828282@GEO8282828 ай бұрын

    • pretty good for a low iq mud man

      @user-uc9nu1yn1n@user-uc9nu1yn1n8 ай бұрын

    • Gotta spam that nonempirical psychological individualism 🤣🤣

      @Mister_Terrific806@Mister_Terrific8067 ай бұрын

    • Modern day psychology is literally a plague. I can't image being in a field where by all metrics mental health issues have increased 4 fold in almost every areas, divorce rates at all time highs since your field began administering itself to the public... If the empirical data says anything its "run" when a mental health provider says they can help. @@Mister_Terrific806

      @user-uc9nu1yn1n@user-uc9nu1yn1n7 ай бұрын

    • @@Mister_Terrific806nobody cares lil bro stop yapping.

      @sicsempertyrannis7162@sicsempertyrannis71627 ай бұрын

    • @@sicsempertyrannis7162 You care, that's why you're here *"yapping"* 🤣🤣🤣🤣

      @Mister_Terrific806@Mister_Terrific8067 ай бұрын

  • A buddy of mine became a Norteño. Then one day he had a baby with his lady and decided he wanted to change his life for the better. He wanted out of the gang. Norteños went to his house, stabbed him in his front yard, threw him in their car and drove away. His body was found burned alive. Absolutely horrific.

    @omz_espinoza@omz_espinoza7 ай бұрын

    • Blood in blood out

      @Salasixpolero@Salasixpolero7 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Salasixpolerolol, fkn losers

      @detroka@detroka7 ай бұрын

    • @@Salasixpolero Stupid is as stupid does.

      @thetavibes9021@thetavibes90217 ай бұрын

    • He should have went to another state.

      @anthony-L.A.6946@anthony-L.A.69467 ай бұрын

    • Yea.. that is absolutely terrible. I’m sure there is a right way to get out and a wrong way that nobody speaks on but damn I’m so sorry bro. I hope the baby doesn’t ever grow up to know what happened to they father. Bc that is awful. 😭

      @chelkammer-rossi7446@chelkammer-rossi74467 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for sharing your story

    @jorgeb3829@jorgeb38293 ай бұрын

  • Learned a lot. Your awesome and nailed this interview

    @billybrutchin2104@billybrutchin2104Ай бұрын

  • The fact that he survived two greenlights, shows that he still had respect with some individuals within the organization...

    @kingsavageson4879@kingsavageson48798 ай бұрын

    • Time is still not up for him yet. He did something real bad. No matter wat he did when he was running the yard. Just saying wat he is saying now pisses a lot of people off

      @joelpineda2042@joelpineda20427 ай бұрын

    • @@joelpineda2042 Right. I said HAD ...

      @kingsavageson4879@kingsavageson48797 ай бұрын

    • Reading is fundamental lol

      @bornrebel007@bornrebel0077 ай бұрын

    • He’s a scumbag

      @Bigtim2you@Bigtim2you6 ай бұрын

    • It shows God's protection in his life & he has yet a plan for him.

      @billiejobarrios9283@billiejobarrios92834 ай бұрын

  • I went to prison at 18 for weapons charges. The prison I went to was entirely ran by Bloods. I stayed neutral and by the grace of God made some good friends and dudes would tell their friends that I was off limits. I ended up meeting a guy named Gotti. He was high ranking and he was kinda like a mentor for me. He always told me how intelligent I was and that life wasn't for me. Long story short today I have a degree in business and I have worked for the Department of Defense, multiple health insurance companies and now I currently work for a bank as a senior banker. I give all the credit to God first and foremost but I will never forget people like Gotti and a few others that seen in me what I couldn't see in myself. Who would think that a gang member would be one of the individuals that helped me to stay on the right path and become a productive respectable citizen. I am eternally grateful for the people that believed in me when I thought I was nothing.

    @Seedsofreason@Seedsofreason7 ай бұрын

    • damn, yo gotti left prison and became a rich rapper LMAO

      @yurilopes420@yurilopes4207 ай бұрын

    • Do u ever contact gotti he's probably out of there by now.

      @voltrondoji7439@voltrondoji74397 ай бұрын

    • Lol I didn't say the rapper Gotti 😂😂.

      @Seedsofreason@Seedsofreason7 ай бұрын

    • I wish

      @Seedsofreason@Seedsofreason7 ай бұрын

    • Nah. DOD don't accept felons

      @erichvonmanstein6876@erichvonmanstein68767 ай бұрын

  • Great interview, really interesting.

    @harveyjohnny1967@harveyjohnny19673 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for being brave enough to share. Your inspiration will absolutely save young kids from this life.

    @gareiis2824@gareiis28242 ай бұрын

  • All the Norteño homeboys I grew up with are doing life forgotten by their wives, girlfriends and families, dead, in wheelchairs, on the run forever from US Marshalls in Mexico, Homeless living on the street, taken out by their own people in Prison or the County Jail by some young dude trying to earn his keep in the gang. Some were just lucky to leave Northern California and the life behind, as Woodie the Norteño rap legend said in one his songs “Northside life ain’t nothing nice” Norteño and NF is the hardest gang to be in, you can get “Removed” by the slightest of reasons no matter how many years or sacrifices you’ve made for the gang. Strict gang rules make it hard to be a Norteño for life, it’s like walking on a tight rope for life.

    @thedude4196@thedude41966 ай бұрын

    • You people did this to your self and complain when your neighborhood is being gentrified

      @michaelzero5278@michaelzero52783 ай бұрын

    • Norteño gangsters are the hardest core because they have to be. They’re targeted by sureños, all the Aryan inbreds, the COs, etc. They’re also outnumbered by the sureños like 5 to 1. So they have to be intensely organized and prepared. It’s why Ene is virtually paramilitary (many Norte gangsters are required to learn first aid and CPR). It’s a crucible that produces tough, tough dudes.

      @franktheexpertstrenchclub9025@franktheexpertstrenchclub90253 ай бұрын

    • @@franktheexpertstrenchclub9025 all of them are losers kid you know nothing garbage in garbage out.

      @michaelzero5278@michaelzero52783 ай бұрын

    • @@michaelzero5278what a sales pitch lol.

      @tw5647@tw56473 ай бұрын

    • @@tw5647 how is that a sale pitch, I'm from northeast LA that what going on right now.

      @michaelzero5278@michaelzero52783 ай бұрын

  • Good for you brother! He realized that gang life served him no good at all. Thank you for educating the public. We need people like you

    @lifestyleofamillennial3983@lifestyleofamillennial39838 ай бұрын

    • making money of crime

      @rockenOne@rockenOne8 ай бұрын

    • @@rockenOnethe legal way 😂

      @LuisHernandez-sf5hf@LuisHernandez-sf5hf8 ай бұрын

    • He also put a target on his head

      @getthebagnelly@getthebagnelly8 ай бұрын

    • It's not a target, its a donut he is holding up to his mouth. @@getthebagnelly

      @krikeydial3430@krikeydial34308 ай бұрын

    • He's a fuckin dropout and considered a rat for putting business out on the streets

      @native_tendencies7305@native_tendencies73058 ай бұрын

  • That was a very interesting video, thanks.

    @warrenwest2746@warrenwest27462 ай бұрын

  • Well articulated perspective

    @BrandonJ-ll2ri@BrandonJ-ll2ri3 ай бұрын

  • His story shows how crappy this world can be. Given a different start in life, this man could have been a leader in any field that he decided to pursue. He is obviously intelligent, dedicated and hard working. These are 3 qualities that are in short supply these days. I am not trying to make excuses for his past or his decisions, but environment dictates behavior more than most people credit. Sir, I wish you nothing but the best and hope that life gives you back some of the serenity you have been missing. Dedicating your life to trying to prevent others from following the same path is admirable.

    @ubergubber2101@ubergubber21018 ай бұрын

    • People stigmatize people like this way too much. I've been to prison myself and I can tell you from my own story as well as the VAST majority of the people I've met in correctional facilities, that is that these people "never had a chance" because a lot of the bad things that set them in bad directions happened to them as children. They were born on crack, without parents, ... they're the most tormented souls on the planet and when people stigmatize them they keep "the nightmare" going for them and they don't realize it. Love really is the only thing that "wins".

      @AaronEbrahim@AaronEbrahim8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@AaronEbrahimnonsense

      @peehhussle@peehhussle8 ай бұрын

    • Exactly. Couldn't have said it any better myself. The environment that so many children are raised in you know almost for a fact that they will be a product of that environment and so it goes. Get children out of that environment and into something positive that doesn't involve having to fight to survive and can focus on living a successful life without prison, drugs, violence, illegal activities, the list goes on.

      @HardwiredZ06@HardwiredZ068 ай бұрын

    • @@AaronEbrahimI wouldn’t say people in those situations “didn’t have a chance” but more so had a few things going against them from the start. Truth is we all do though - it’s just different struggles for each person

      @brianmeen2158@brianmeen21588 ай бұрын

    • This shows you why the military is the way it is. Because if you aren't organized and strong in war, you're dead. The version of him who wasn't organized, didn't survive to make this video.

      @dialecticalmonist3405@dialecticalmonist34058 ай бұрын

  • I’ve been in the dep for 22 years . I’m at Folsom prison. I read your book a few years ago and it’s as real as it gets. I commend you for the choice you made. It takes a real man, a powerful man to step up and turn the other way. I’ve seen your book get passed around for sometime now inside. I know for certain you have made a positive impact in many of these men inside. I pray you keep up the good work and stay blessed. My condolences for your wife and mother.

    @jaredmckeown1033@jaredmckeown10338 ай бұрын

    • Amazing thought I just had, how people educate themselves so well inside. I had the good fortune of having a father send me all the books I ever wanted and ever read in jails, rehabs, and other places I wasn't allowed a phone. But I only read books when I'm away from the internet. I feel like if I was down for that long I would get a masters and become a jailhouse lawyer. On the outside it's just too hard to work and go to school. But when you're inside? No worrying about meals, where you're going to sleep, a lot of different types of stress are taken away and exchanged for new ones. Maybe I'm just making excuses for being lazy but I write now and work full time at a normal job.

      @rageius@rageius8 ай бұрын

    • @@rageius Probably making excuses, but I am not bashing you for it. I am the same way. I learned alot when I was locked up for a year. I had so much focus. Now that I am free, I dont over achieve much. I can relate.

      @sYndROCK@sYndROCK8 ай бұрын

    • What’s his book called?

      @Mr.Mayhem12@Mr.Mayhem128 ай бұрын

    • @@Mr.Mayhem12a broken paradigm

      @shadowpitt@shadowpitt8 ай бұрын

    • ​@senorclash3543 it's called "A Broken Paradigm "

      @mr.nuna916@mr.nuna9168 ай бұрын

  • Incredible interview.

    @michaelthompson9548@michaelthompson95482 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing Boxer.

    @nonstopDJUC@nonstopDJUC3 ай бұрын

  • As a former teacher in the literal hood, stories like this were everyday. I taught at an elementary where we had to bus students 3 blocks home from school to keep gang members away from our elementary kids. We could not get any delivery services because they'd all been robbed way too many times. We had three incidents in 6 months of students as young as 7 bringing guns into school. We'd have some kids with some promise that you'd hope to guide out of there somehow, but a few months later, they'd disappear into these gangs which would start training them up to sell drugs and be enforcers and then it was all too late. If you listen to a lot of ex gang members, they describe life in prison just like this, these elaborate organizations that would rival any corporate entity, and I wish with this level of talent, you could see more black and brown and poor peoples running things at the top and making a difference for those that come behind, but if mom/dad aren't at home because they're working 18 hour days, and brothers in jail, and the kids go home on empty stomachs, they aren't lured by an education or the promise of a potential good future that may take years to come, they want the immediate--food in belly, money to help mom/dad (if they have one) pay rent and not make them homeless, and the gangs give them all of that at the high price of imprisonment or their eventual deaths. Just a lot of days thinking why did we even bother, but someone's got to give a damn for the 10 that may make it out or choose to change their lives.

    @Banyo__@Banyo__8 ай бұрын

    • Thank you. Some want a way out but their circumstances and surroundings won't give them a chance to do so. Imagine yourself living in the way you described these youngsters living and knowing what they're faced with daily. Same scenario, living in filth in a fatherless home, starving and knowing nothing but pain and abuse. Eventually this turns us into what he just described. Lot's of people only judge us but never put themselves in our shoes. How would they turn out under the same circumstances? Better yet how do we change this? I commend all whom are aware of what we face and want to help and make a difference even if you're only able to reach 10 out of 100 it's worth the effort.

      @antonioquijas8033@antonioquijas80338 ай бұрын

    • What city did you teach in?

      @lomeli14217@lomeli142178 ай бұрын

    • yeah its idiots like you (mr teacher) that want more migrants to come into our country.

      @MBB563@MBB5638 ай бұрын

    • It's better to run with a gang then not if you live in the hood. If you want to try and make something legitimate of yourself. You only have a real chance of making something if you join a gang. Then you go legit later, oftentimes still a gang member when not committing crimes for a living.

      @rileyjohnporter4274@rileyjohnporter42748 ай бұрын

    • You either have a jump shot or you're slinging rock.

      @sera2775@sera27758 ай бұрын

  • This video was amazing. The way he spoke, his narration, his tone, no doubt he was a shot caller of a certain level.

    @MaharionPendragon@MaharionPendragon8 ай бұрын

    • He's probably shouted loads of words why single out shot?

      @billypribbo9668@billypribbo96683 ай бұрын

    • Scarey and a Serious dude

      @jamie.777@jamie.7773 ай бұрын

  • This was absolutely fascinating. He was very well spoken and easy to listen to.

    @jamesrichey5334@jamesrichey53342 ай бұрын

    • It was nice he spoke like an intelligent person, not like some moron who didn't make it past 7th grade.

      @Falconer22@Falconer224 күн бұрын

  • Great video

    @555alanmc@555alanmc2 ай бұрын

  • His channel goes deep into their history. Paradiam News Media

    @mikemartinez2857@mikemartinez28578 ай бұрын

  • This dude probably has a lot of knowledge to share with the youth. He is a good story teller who really lives that life. It seems he has taken accountability for his actions, learned from his mistakes and changes for the better. Keep going big homie you are changing the lives of the younger generations.

    @benjaminmartin956@benjaminmartin9568 ай бұрын

    • He does. KZhead channel is Paradigm Media News

      @Catdaddy510@Catdaddy5108 ай бұрын

    • @@Catdaddy510😂he a peceta didn’t survive the game he loved 😂😂😂

      @mannyboyaztlan5127@mannyboyaztlan51278 ай бұрын

    • I appreciate your words. I have taken responsibility for my actions and I realize that this struggle is a daily struggle. But it’s far from over. My KZhead channel Paradigm Media News is all part of a bigger plan to continue putting my message out there and to continue trying to help guys that either made some of the same mistakes I made or the youngsters who are heard in that same direction. Again I appreciate your comment and your positive words

      @PARADIGMMEDIANEWS@PARADIGMMEDIANEWS8 ай бұрын

    • He wrote a book. “Nuestra Familia: A Broken Paradigm” 👍🏼

      @WretchedDrummer@WretchedDrummer8 ай бұрын

    • @@mannyboyaztlan5127nobody survives the game stupid

      @SugeKnate@SugeKnate8 ай бұрын

  • I hope John Mendoza is doing good!!! Congratulations brother for changing your life around that’s as real as it gets!!! Listen to this man! Especially you young ones!!

    @JimiKGB@JimiKGB14 күн бұрын

  • My dad grew up in east Salinas around the 80s, where a lot of activity was going on, and still is in some areas. This was such an articulate outlook on all the corruption and violence, and I really enjoyed this video 👍🏼

    @dwaekiicolor@dwaekiicolor8 ай бұрын

    • I hope everyone can tell that this guy has a "FAT SUIT" on to Disguise his identity. I would be undercover also if I was doing all this talking....

      @Coco-xw3wp@Coco-xw3wp8 ай бұрын

    • Salinas is a different animal these people don’t know about the saladbowl! Small farm towns but all mob tied

      @Salasixpolero@Salasixpolero8 ай бұрын

    • I was in high school in Salinas back in 2008-2009 when they were breaking the murder record in Salinas.. making Washington D.C. National News Headlines.. it was a wild time back then. Per capita it was considered one of the top 5 most violent cities in California. Monterey County was considered “youth murder” capital of California. During that time, Latino males age 13-25 were most at risk of being killed by gun violence in the county where Salinas is the capital.

      @WretchedDrummer@WretchedDrummer8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@Coco-xw3wpit's methadone my guy, he's bloated since his heart can't pump enough for his weight, and his kidneys probably don't work well, as well as the liver. Methadone is possibly worse than heroin.

      @Woody13woodpecker@Woody13woodpecker8 ай бұрын

    • @@WretchedDrummer i remember that there was like 41 homicides we were going back n forth the southsiders would hit a homeboy n we’d go hit 3 of theirs there was also a ton of housecleaning going on. When the youth murder capital article came out in the paper the next month they did federal gang sweeps

      @Salasixpolero@Salasixpolero8 ай бұрын

  • What this man has seen and gone through must be mind blowing. How good he is now to tell the world how he has lived and how he wants to carry on with his life as he has been there and burned the tee shirt. Pleased you have turned your life around John and keep up the excellent work.

    @derekstocker6661@derekstocker66613 ай бұрын

  • 17:34 I love him changing his tone "when i had hair"

    @yeti4269@yeti42693 ай бұрын

  • What a guy and what a story. You have my respect for wanting to be a positive change in this world now man 👊🏻

    @_aibohphobia_@_aibohphobia_3 ай бұрын

  • John wick can stab a man with a pencil. This guy can stab you with 15 sheets of paper.

    @Cerebro515@Cerebro5158 ай бұрын

    • Ultímate game of rock paper scissors

      @EastSideOakland400@EastSideOakland4008 ай бұрын

    • Facts

      @ElverGalarga-sz4ks@ElverGalarga-sz4ks8 ай бұрын

    • He made a video showing how to do it lol literally made a shank with paper.. only good for a couple hits but it'll get the point across...

      @trujillo71921@trujillo719218 ай бұрын

    • 😂😂😂

      @pilotboy217@pilotboy2178 ай бұрын

    • The measure of the man is... was it once with 15, or one sheet at a time...

      @backpages1@backpages115 сағат бұрын

  • I grew up in Salinas and my older sisters adopted Chicana culture. Often times they would leave me at Closter Park with homies/SEMsters as babysitters while they went cruising. Back then (late 70s/early 80s) its wasn't as wild as it is now in Salinas. Surprisingly the homies who watched me while my sisters went cruising never tried to instill gang culture into me at that young age. They looked out for me and took care of me. I never aligned myself but had many friends who were members. Many years later I left Salinas after being attacked by a gang member who didn't like that I had a successful hustle and no one was taxing me. All in all, I learned enough to survive and to be respectful from the streets of Salinas. This is a great interview. Thanks for sharing.

    @bcmprgraphics6378@bcmprgraphics63787 ай бұрын

    • White dude from s.Sacramento. My sister was half Mexican. We had different dads. She adopted the Chicana culture. Mean. Sold dope and battled Aids for 35yrs. Extremely sad. She turned me on to them oldies though!! God Bless her for that!! My favorite music. She was 7yrs older than me and she would spin Tower of Powers 45 “ your still a young man “ over and over and over again. Not a damn thing I could do about it. Rest In Peace, Renate

      @JCarey-uv3bb@JCarey-uv3bb7 ай бұрын

    • Yeah the Salad Bowl is no joke. Glad you made it out.

      @ajack1889@ajack1889Ай бұрын

  • An excellent and informative story. Thank you for sharing.

    @Borriqua1@Borriqua1Ай бұрын

  • Heartbreaking to hear what happened with your loved ones, and then to have the organization do what they did. Cant imagine going through that. You are very strong. Thank you for telling your story.

    @nights2747@nights274714 күн бұрын

  • with all respect john "boxer" mendoza looks like the kingpin in marvel comics.

    @palmethians8051@palmethians80518 ай бұрын

    • 😂😂😂😂😂 Good 1

      @lorenzo2534@lorenzo25348 ай бұрын

    • El Rey!

      @WERNUTZ@WERNUTZ8 ай бұрын

    • On gawd😂😂😂

      @pastorgainz7230@pastorgainz72308 ай бұрын

    • Just like myself, used to be built for battle Now I’m over 300 pounds and enjoying great food and luxury

      @danielwilliams2994@danielwilliams29948 ай бұрын

    • He's just wearing 7 bulletproof vests, that's how dangerous things are

      @JDexia@JDexia8 ай бұрын

  • The fact that it took 2 hit jobs from his gang to convince him to walk away is insane.

    @CushionSapp@CushionSapp8 ай бұрын

    • Allegiance to BS.

      @MsAmique@MsAmique8 ай бұрын

    • I’m glad he did, but wish he did it when his family asked so they knew he was going to do what they asked.

      @NWO2023@NWO20238 ай бұрын

    • @@MsAmiquefor some people that lifestyle is all they’ve known since they were kids , don’t judge people if you don’t know anything about them

      @josenunez611@josenunez6118 ай бұрын

    • ​@@josenunez611she's a women Not to be disrespectful but gangsters only use hyenas for set ups and .. other activities. She wouldn't get it

      @josiahgonzalez942@josiahgonzalez9428 ай бұрын

    • Back when he could walk.

      @michaelchallis4129@michaelchallis41298 ай бұрын

  • Very insightful and captivating.

    @hayabusa6833@hayabusa68332 ай бұрын

  • I really enjoyed this vid. I loved the guy. Thankyou for this most informative programme. Xx

    @Elderly-Marian-in-UK@Elderly-Marian-in-UK3 ай бұрын

  • Much ❤ Big Box! You killed this interview! Well spoken and articulate like always!!!

    @Paulwill85@Paulwill858 ай бұрын

    • When was he this big? Is this interview old

      @WarrenHolly-sf5mo@WarrenHolly-sf5mo8 ай бұрын

  • His YT channel is packed with stories like this.

    @christopherrodriguez6545@christopherrodriguez65458 ай бұрын

    • Exactly I love BOXERS KZhead CHANNEL I'm a member on his channel too

      @BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN@BABYGIRLWENDY702MAIN3 ай бұрын

  • This was so easy to watch. This guy is very smart and good at explaining things. Great video!

    @the615god@the615god3 ай бұрын

  • Great documentary ❤

    @user-zj1bn6mu9j@user-zj1bn6mu9j3 ай бұрын

  • Paradigm Media News is his KZhead channel. Great content creator with an intense amount of educational information. I’m grateful to have come across Boxer’s channel. Real life first hand stories by Boxer himself.

    @syfrax@syfrax8 ай бұрын

  • Bro's built like a vending machine

    @discipleofdagon8195@discipleofdagon81953 ай бұрын

    • Juggernaut..straight outta Xmen

      @thesuncollective1475@thesuncollective14759 күн бұрын

    • Or a barrel of icecream.

      @Falconer22@Falconer224 күн бұрын

  • One of the best episodes ever !! Hope boxer has a beautiful life now . Respect ❤💯

    @nicolasbeaudry6158@nicolasbeaudry615817 күн бұрын

  • Insider has the best mini docuseries, hands down. Amazing first-person accounts.

    @demeter-the-great@demeter-the-great8 ай бұрын

  • I appreciate your time and honesty and willingness to help the younger generation see there is a difference in your decision making. I went to jail for a weekend and I told myself this place is not the home I see myself living in. Thankfully I've never been back. I was born and raised in Compton in the mid 70s and 80s graduated in early 90s. I've lost so many friends to the gang world growing up. I'm thankful for my parents and my Christian up bringing to make those though decisions. Growing up in Compton it literally becomes a part of your life you just adapt to your surroundings. I enjoyed listening to your story and I really appreciate you taking the time to talk truth and knowledge. God Bless my brother and my condolences to you and your family.

    @marcusbrown2104@marcusbrown21047 ай бұрын

    • Every one snitched i dont care who u are ... When your pusher up against the wall with no options. So lets keep it real. If are sentrnced zo lige on first charge then i understand... But i know u know you all want outta the cagr

      @paperboy856@paperboy8566 ай бұрын

    • Gangs have no honor. You would be dumb to become part of them.

      @dudsulugulugan7639@dudsulugulugan76394 ай бұрын

    • ​@@dudsulugulugan7639👍

      @HARD_TRUTHS@HARD_TRUTHS4 ай бұрын

    • Lies again? Golden Globes Gangbang Gangsta

      @NazriB@NazriB3 ай бұрын

    • 4:54🤔 id take everything thing he says with a grain of salt. It's safe to say most gang members are rapists/childpredators so im not sure how this weird double standard works with Sex Crimes and being Affiliated vs. Unaffiliated

      @spwan10@spwan103 ай бұрын

  • I was born and raised in San Francisco as well. And its true, people think about Full House, The Golden Gate Bridge and feel good songs about The City. And even though they City is beautiful, what a lot of people didnt relate to it was the gangs. I was raised in The Mission District. Predominantly Latins and Hispanics, my neighborhood was filled with Norteños and Sureños. My mother arrived to San Francisco with mt older sister from Guatemala. But when she had me, she did her absolute best ti make sure i kept my head in the books and no where near the gang life. It was really hard though. I went to school and made firends with people who's families were in gangs. And as we grew up, they were getting more and more into that life as well. Pretty soon, my old firends became people i had to stay away from due to them constantly trying to recruit me or fighting me for refusing. My mother and sisters always asked about my cuts and bruises when i got when i would come home. I just would tell them it was just friends and I rough housing during recess. I would also never own anything that had the color blue ir red on it. Which really sucked because Spider-Man has been my favorite superhero since forever. That when on while i was growing up. And even though I love my home and how my mom raised me, i ended up moving to souther California living in a better neighborhood where gangs arent that prevalent and the only actual gangsters are OG's who gave up that lifestyle. Even though im happy i never fell into gangs, it still sucks how much power, impavt and influence they have on the younger generations, and how they can truly corrupt with a false sense of Brotherhood.

    @thedarkrocker333@thedarkrocker3333 ай бұрын

  • Mendoza is a smart guy with balls of steel. What a great guy and now he's helping others. God bless him.

    @buckystarfinger2487@buckystarfinger24873 ай бұрын

  • I was a corrections officer for 7 years before becoming an armed security officer for the federal government so everything he has said is correct.

    @BipolarBear777@BipolarBear7777 ай бұрын

  • Hands down one of the best prison testimonies I have heard!

    @ARTSPLUMBINGSERVICES213@ARTSPLUMBINGSERVICES2137 ай бұрын

    • 4:54🤔 id take everything thing he says with a grain of salt. It's safe to say most gang members are rapists/childpredators so im not sure how this weird double standard works with Sex Crimes and being Affiliated vs. Unaffiliated

      @spwan10@spwan103 ай бұрын

    • His happy ending would be THEN JESUS SAVED me! GLORY!

      @SOULRELIEF22@SOULRELIEF223 ай бұрын

    • @@SOULRELIEF22no that would be sad coz only shlawgs say ish like that.

      @mendaciousreality8459@mendaciousreality84592 ай бұрын

  • This guy reminds me of my uncle, he did a lot of time in and out of prison he had the same body language and that serous stare in his eyes everytime he talked

    @bibiinspades1953@bibiinspades19533 ай бұрын

  • This guy is an absolute unit.

    @jdsr4c@jdsr4c3 ай бұрын

    • Is that the new euphemism for obese?

      @markpozsar5785@markpozsar57853 ай бұрын

    • What does gen z slang 'absolute unit' means? What kind of unit of measurement does gen z use? Not metric or imperial i think

      @cincaicincai7847@cincaicincai78473 ай бұрын

    • A heckin chonker, one might say

      @thomasmitchell4128@thomasmitchell41283 ай бұрын

  • I feel his plight and how the organization deemed him bad was a slap in the face . You want to have honor and be a warrior but they want you to be a pawn . His story is very enlightening.

    @solomonkane408@solomonkane4088 ай бұрын

    • Reminds me of the story of Christian Knighten and how the Mexican mafia turn on him, even though he was the most loyal

      @vasmajority45@vasmajority458 ай бұрын

    • "enlightening"? this is what you call enlightenment? Buddha would be so confused.

      @commentforthealgo5383@commentforthealgo53838 ай бұрын

    • ​@@commentforthealgo5383Buddha?

      @ThisIsslang-nb9ic@ThisIsslang-nb9ic8 ай бұрын

    • Sounds like Military heads and people who don't know what being a soldier means. I think of Apartheid soldiers like Steve Biko and Chris Hani to name two, who were leaders of a very important cause and they died for it. but our leaders today shake hands and do business with the very people who killed those activists. In the end unless you are a boss, you are a pawn and there is no way to the top unless you start your own movement

      @jordanmntungwa3311@jordanmntungwa33118 ай бұрын

    • @@commentforthealgo5383weird ahhh

      @unitedsteal2587@unitedsteal25878 ай бұрын

  • What a paradox: the gang requiring it’s members to educate themselves reading Socrates, etc, which, ultimately, if they survive long enough, becomes the tools and knowledge base that allows them to overcome such a petty, empty, violent lifestyle. The universe is truly and beautifully nuanced

    @JudasMaccabeus1@JudasMaccabeus18 ай бұрын

    • Deep input

      @DonYeyoReaks@DonYeyoReaks8 ай бұрын

    • Gang life isn't so simple.

      @briannellewellyn6844@briannellewellyn68448 ай бұрын

    • Yeah, criminal organizations have to earn money, gain territory, wage wars against rivals, conduct diplomacy, discipline their ranks, outsmart the law and etc. So, it behooves them to have their members read literature that will benefit the gang.

      @Vinny6962@Vinny69628 ай бұрын

    • ​@Vinny6962 but then you can read and educate your life without being in a gang and be successful as a man with freedom

      @stocktonca6586@stocktonca65868 ай бұрын

    • @@stocktonca6586 sure, you can do that too. People have choices in life. In a perfect world, criminal organizations wouldn’t exists.

      @Vinny6962@Vinny69628 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Dude. RESPECT

    @jakwebb444@jakwebb4442 ай бұрын

  • The most amazing thing in all this is his aspect ratio.

    @impact0r@impact0r3 ай бұрын

  • You can tell he’s very intellectual and strategic. I salute you from SoCal much love OG 🫡 ✊🏼

    @markanthony1615@markanthony16158 ай бұрын

  • An inspirational story of a real Mob Boss, much respect. Love the realism and genuine feel of your trajectory Big Boxer

    @luckypatino7018@luckypatino70188 ай бұрын

    • a snitch that spent his whole life in the shu. "mob boss" lmao

      @user-uc9nu1yn1n@user-uc9nu1yn1n8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@user-uc9nu1yn1nwell if u wanna call him a snitch feel free cuz I'm sure Jesus wants darkness to come down already

      @anthonybautista3585@anthonybautista35858 ай бұрын

    • He is what he is. Probably still committing crimes too.@@anthonybautista3585

      @user-uc9nu1yn1n@user-uc9nu1yn1n8 ай бұрын

    • ​@@anthonybautista3585, Trolls are going to troll 😅. IDK why also haters are going to hate 😅. Jealous they never knew betrayal.

      @poppypetsparis@poppypetsparis7 ай бұрын

    • ⁠​⁠​⁠@@user-uc9nu1yn1n regardless if he’s a snitch this dude will still fold you in less than a minute..

      @Faku968@Faku968Ай бұрын

  • Brilliant video and I respect this guy for all the help he's doing for kids now and the risk he's taking for doing it.

    @robabob1001@robabob1001Күн бұрын

  • I have never seen such an honest description of prison politics, corruption and life. Everyone knows that COs bring in the lions share of contraband (they should get paid more for that job), but I don’t often seen it stated so plainly. Great interview!

    @matta911@matta9118 ай бұрын

    • I know COs that make 120k retired. They make enough.

      @pedrolopez8592@pedrolopez85927 ай бұрын

    • COs get paid very well. They just get greedy.

      @jeffalbillar7625@jeffalbillar76257 ай бұрын

    • @@pedrolopez8592 That is the exception, not the rule. Most of them that start where I live are 18-20 years old so only a high school diploma needed and they can start out under $30k. For the level of risk you have as a CO, that is not enough.

      @jshumphress13@jshumphress137 ай бұрын

    • They should be paid more for bringing in contraband?

      @nightfighter7452@nightfighter74527 ай бұрын

    • They can never be paid enough to keep away from corruption The people who get in to that kind of job are not normal.

      @Kelly-ec9tn@Kelly-ec9tn7 ай бұрын

  • I hope you're able to live a long life and keep helping the ones who want to follow the path you took earlier in your life and get them to change. I learned so much from you and your experience. Keep up the great work you're doing!

    @lonewave1@lonewave18 ай бұрын

  • Best choice u ever made in denouncing that gang crap brother..Admiration/ Respect!!! STAY POSITIVE mano!!!👍👍💪

    @borisaoco4442@borisaoco44423 ай бұрын

  • All I saw was a big fluffy striped couch in the thumbnail so I came to look, but good documentary as always Insider! I'm glad the guy is helping the youth to prevent them from taking the same path!

    @Taina2024@Taina20243 ай бұрын

  • Good video, sht is wild

    @55giantsfan22@55giantsfan223 ай бұрын

  • Paradigm media news is his KZhead channel great content salute to Boxer respects for your transparency 💯

    @joejoeaz47@joejoeaz477 ай бұрын

  • Really enjoyed the video Carnal

    @davidvilla827@davidvilla8273 ай бұрын

  • Props for getting to interview the whole family.

    @reggiethecommenter9137@reggiethecommenter9137Ай бұрын

  • That “therapeutical” at the end had me seeing him as Tony Soprano.

    @ryanjones998@ryanjones9983 ай бұрын

  • Glad my dad kept me out of all the crime fam business. Most certainly has kept me out of jail and prison throughout my life. Sadly the same cannot be said for nearly all of his own nephews and close family; many of them dead or in prison for murder and gang-related felonies. Such a small separation between a life with no criminal record full of peace and love from my own family now, to what may have been, a violent danger hellbent on feeding the lurking monster inside of me. What a difference a good father makes. Never forget this fellas, be a good father to your kids.

    @nerdraged411@nerdraged4118 ай бұрын

    • All of the inmates write mother's day cards. None for Father's day. Heck yeah it's a Fatherless issue, but no one wants to talk about that. Fact.

      @Seeklip6T@Seeklip6T8 ай бұрын

    • Yep, one of my fully tattoo brother in law did crime most of his younger life until he met my sister, but for the past 10 plus years since he had children with my sister he stopped his criminal life and trying to help their children live a non-criminal life. So yes, a strong and ethical father figure does make a huge difference to how a child is raised and who he/she become in their life.

      @Vex916T@Vex916T8 ай бұрын

    • ⚡VALID⚡

      @ocnightflyer1359@ocnightflyer13598 ай бұрын

    • Well Said Brother!!! We Need Jesus in Our life’s

      @miguelramos6663@miguelramos66638 ай бұрын

    • @@Seeklip6T I’m just here to ask why you put a period after “that” then again after fact? If you wanted to accentuate fact, you could’ve just capitalized it.

      @hutchphilpot6870@hutchphilpot68708 ай бұрын

  • I did 32 years out of 4 offenses in Texas. I was a member of the Mandingo Warriors. One of the biggest dumbest, stupidist mistakes, I ever made. I have the same story you do as to the inner working and politics. But it ended up being a part of something that deprived me of independence. My own life and a prisoner that belonged to a different set of guards and rules. I held rank but eventually my free speech and unwillingness to obey rules without question lead to them turning on me and injured. I got out of that slavery, I got out of prison and, I tell any fool thinking about joining a gang is, you will now have other overlords and your life don't belong to you no more. If it is for the reason of needing protection in there because unaffilated are targets, I get it but men standing on their own make it. You just will have to put what it takes into being independent that you will being your own man.

    @kkayenikki6687@kkayenikki66877 ай бұрын

    • Good on you brother you were not a sheep

      @mikefitzpatrick43@mikefitzpatrick436 ай бұрын

    • Are you jokin? There is a gang called the Mandingo Warriors? lol!

      @BongDonky@BongDonky5 ай бұрын

    • Did Tango like y’all?

      @escoboy4737@escoboy47374 ай бұрын

    • Google Texas Prison gangs under that name.@@BongDonky

      @kkayenikki6687@kkayenikki66874 ай бұрын

    • Are you trying to say Tongo Blast, If so fact is we are not like out in California. We have a peaceful existance. Our problem is with the system not each other. @@escoboy4737

      @kkayenikki6687@kkayenikki66874 ай бұрын

  • Very accurate. I've been retired for 8 years, but this took me right back to some of my interviews with many gang members. I used to tell some of them that they were a shot caller, etc... on the inside but when you get out, what are you? Are you going to live under a bridge, in a van down by the river (I actually said that to a few of them) Some of them got it, but others did not. Many many stories, but prison is VERY real. Sometimes I miss the realness of it.

    @billearl325@billearl3253 ай бұрын

  • Very good presentation. Good wishes to you John.

    @Rick-wx4md@Rick-wx4md2 ай бұрын

  • This was an incredible interview.. kudos!

    @MrInternationalSound@MrInternationalSound7 ай бұрын

  • This is some good stuff, he is a real former NF sharing real info. Hopefully he keeps sharing so we all get to know the NF for what it really is. Same goes for the EME

    @handgunando@handgunando7 ай бұрын

  • Respect. You letting the world know this is not the way to live

    @RazorRoo1989@RazorRoo19893 ай бұрын

  • I will pray for you my Brother. And your life , and your story is as strong a message as any. And i pray for myself and the future of others as well.... Dude. The Lord Will use your story. And its a Blessing to many people, Thank you for sharing... Love and Respect..... ❤

    @AmericanDad6249@AmericanDad6249Ай бұрын

  • Bigups to you, my brotha. This just made my KZhead top 10 list. Blessings to u 👊🏿

    @doublesimian6153@doublesimian61538 ай бұрын

  • Great interview. Mr. John Mendoza is well spoken.

    @daniellewis9240@daniellewis92408 ай бұрын

    • Somehow he lost his southern US accent he speaks with on other youtube videos though..funny..

      @vgee3926@vgee39268 ай бұрын

    • ​@@vgee3926wtf are you talking about. This is how he always talks. Never no southern accent he's from Northern cali

      @Esko.71@Esko.718 ай бұрын

    • @@vgee3926 He's from San Francisco. He's got a Chicano accent.

      @JRZflicks@JRZflicks8 ай бұрын

  • This is like Gangland. Awesome.

    @1011wrestlemania@1011wrestlemania3 ай бұрын

  • Blessing to you for showin at risk young men find a different path...🙏🏽

    @alhoward4099@alhoward40993 ай бұрын

  • When he Say " you can be one minute watching TV and the next minute fighting for your life " WOW Thats powerful !

    @Edfreitag@Edfreitag7 ай бұрын

    • The ironic part is that life is always like that anywhere, it's just clearly visible in a prison. I won't even list the natural (or manmade) disasters that could devastate the planet in a moments notice, but trust me, there are a lot of possibilities. Let's hope we don't have to find out

      @amisfitpuivk@amisfitpuivk3 ай бұрын

    • That statement activated my PTSD. I remember I was reading and out of nowhere it popped off some dude gets shanked in front of me and I didn't know what was going on. I was 19 at the time and already realizing this wasn't for me. And that happens to cement it. I got up and started fighting because after homeboy stabbed him. His buddies joined him and they re group. I was cornered reacted fast attacked and try to get out but failed. Luckily the tear gas saved me. Never been so scared. I remember when I got dropped In my head I was thinking I'm going to die I'm going to die right now.

      @lorenzovonmatterhorn4756@lorenzovonmatterhorn47562 ай бұрын

  • So many of the films and books around this lifestyle glorify gang life. This one was particularly well done. Thank you.

    @dr.andmrs.phibes7454@dr.andmrs.phibes74548 ай бұрын

    • No they don’t lol, they just give information like he did clown

      @jamirbingham4101@jamirbingham41018 ай бұрын

    • @@jamirbingham4101They sort of do, they tend to put an entertaining twist to it to drive engagement rate.

      @Saintz1408@Saintz14087 ай бұрын

  • Respect guys talking real.

    @MKA-bk9iv@MKA-bk9iv3 ай бұрын

  • 4:13 the care package is a nice touch.

    @reggiethecommenter9137@reggiethecommenter9137Ай бұрын

  • Wow, this was good!!! Makes me want to buy his book now! Much respect to Boxer changing things up for the better!

    @Jay_Z.@Jay_Z.8 ай бұрын

    • I read one of his books few yrs ago and it was really good.

      @gotit1303@gotit13038 ай бұрын

    • He has an extensive story I knew of him in the early 2000s when he was a regiment commander in San Jose

      @chingonsaasss8601@chingonsaasss86018 ай бұрын

    • He has it in AudioBook form on his channel. You should just start there.

      @TheHomiezCallMeSD@TheHomiezCallMeSD8 ай бұрын

  • This man appears to be smarter and more well spoken than 90% of politicians

    @djgrab1@djgrab18 ай бұрын

    • Smarter, maybe; well-spoken, nope. Being well-spoken is probably the number asset of politicians regardless if you support them or not. They make a living speaking and screwing over people while appearing to actually care. lol

      @obryn@obryn8 ай бұрын

    • Agreed

      @mr.roboto7330@mr.roboto73308 ай бұрын

    • He has morals they do not

      @user-ku8vw1nc5g@user-ku8vw1nc5g8 ай бұрын

    • Politicians are smart they just act dumb.

      @Miguel-ng5wm@Miguel-ng5wm8 ай бұрын

    • Just as crooked, all of these people are rats and snakes. Scum of the earth. The most intelligent people are the most evil😂 idgaf how articulate someone is😂

      @thewise_1one856@thewise_1one8568 ай бұрын
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