latin kings. it's predominantly a latin king area. goes all the way down to 21st street. california and once you hit ridgeway it's 26. the violence is unreal over here. you live in a certain area right away, these individuals assume you're a gang member, you're affiliated. it's just guilty by association or guilty by where you live. >> you got to know who to look for. you got to know who drives what. if you don't know who is fighting who and who is shooting at you, you're done. if you don't know who you can and who you can't talk to, you're dying. >> little village represents more than just battle lines within the hispanic community. for decades it's been a beacon of opportunity. generations of immigrants, both legal and illegal, have come to work in family-owned businesses here. many of them along 26th street. >> 26th street is the second most revenues street in the city of chicago right behind michigan avenue believe it or not. all small businesses but they definitely bring in a lot of revenue to the city. living in this area for as long as i did, the people are some of

the only gang in there are the latin kings.there's an apartment complex that are a couple miles away from each other with different gangs. and what they do is they tend to go to each other's complex and fight. these are the numbers, active members from the latin kings known to hang out in that area. we can determine if these players are there, how strong they really are in that area in the event that we might have to conduct an operation in there, we need to know the numbers in there for our safety. and all of this comes from the jail. >> this is the family here. >> yeah, they are going inside. muchachos. >> why you boys running? you got some i.d. [ speaking spanish ] >> you ever been locked up at county? never? okay. you never been arrested? how old are you, shorty? 15? step over here. you got his name, gary? you a king, bro? most of these guys, although they are gang bangers, if you show them a little respect, they will talk to you with no problems whatsoever. if you try to rough them up, they build a defensive wall and they

he had been fight with some latin kings, but now not only his own gang will defend him. >> anybody outf their mind, especially shooting in the park. he's got to pay for it. he's popped. >> as the maniac latin disciples wait for the dust to settle, their drug sales dry up with all of the heat on their neighborhoods. they also expect their rivals, the latin kings, to retaliate since they were the intend eed targets for the shooting. for both poncho and lefty, the stakes couldn't be higher. >> because it just happened just like that. i was like, oh, my god. what did i get myself into. but then i said -- you could definitely have been caught with the sweep that's going down. you could be sitting behind bars. >> investigators sand dl oval and carpenter decide to strike while the iron's hot. they want to use poncho and left you to take down a so-called nation house where the maniac latin disciples store their firearms. >> this is where they mostly all hang out. but this house is in charge of supplying all the guys out on the neighborhood with weapons, ammunition. >> they're going to have sec

>> i believe it was latin kings but it's not for sure yet.ause they don't know what to do. >> the mystery remains, who pulled the trigger? >> somebody's going to get famous off this murder. you and i both know that. >> somebody's going to be laughing and cheering and smiling but what goes around comes around. >> police have increased their presence on bobby d.'s block. many suspect that a rival gang committed the slaying. >> my personal opinion is that the victim knew something was going to happen, the family knew something because prior to him going out, there was communication via text, something's going to happen to your kid. so it's got to be somebody in your inner circle. i have an idea who the shooter is. what i've done is grabbed four informants, guys that live on the block. the more people you hear a story from, then you put the story together. >> so you think his own guys would have something to do with it? >> everybody wants to be the top dog out there. >> ain't love out there for nobody. >> is it fair that this could be the guy? >>

and with the mlk, that's going to be mel lard, latin kings.from 25th and mallard. >> what you have is the kings from 25th street. we're standing on 31st treat now. they've made it down six blocks to say this is their neighborhood too. this was done last night. obviously i didn't see it yesterday. we both travel there is route in and out to work. this is definitely done yesterday. >> as gangs expand their operations and grow increasingly brazen, investigators must continually broaden their own network of informants to outmaneuver them. >> cases don't fall in your lap. you have to go out and talk to people. you might do 25 cold interviews get one half decent lead out of that. can't let it discourage you. you go weeks with nothing. one day your phone will ring, you have the biggest case of your career popping up. >> when the squeeze returns -- >> going straight. he's right. >> ciu informant delivers a big payday. a down every block, or a "hugh and crye" in every town. these are the small businesses of america, and all across the nation they're ge

the team identified the most high risk of the latin kings.carrying 11 t of marijuana coming from mexico was intercepted by these guys in the nearly 10 years that have been around the team is intact, no injuries, no deaths. on this day a 30,000 lb. vehicle gets them to their location first up, the flash. so loud that your vision is gone for about five seconds then there is temporary loss of hearing, balance. that's exactly what it's for to give us a few seconds to get in there to do what we need to do that's probably their most use tact technique, i did some role- playing and played a hostage. right now they know that you are coming into this house we work out a couple of queues... once the team comes up do not move or you are putting yourself in danger i am a dealer whose deal goes terribly wrong from the knock at the door... let's fast- forward to the upstairs bossed. i yell help and counted 123, 5 seconds into that team is up. scooped up and out of the house in under 25 seconds it all happened very quickly from the moment i yelled help and

this guy is an enforcer for the latin kings. he's a big target.e's a thorn in the side of the suburbs and we'll be glad to get him locked up. >> they set off a diversionary device. and move in. >> police, search warrant! got stairs going up! >> within moments, police take their target and his brothers into custody. >> there were two kids that were brought out but there's a 14-year-old in there all tatted up in different kings stuff. it's all over his arms, his back, his leg. he's 14 years old. it's part of the lifestyle. that's how they are. >> meanwhile, investigators have captured multiple targets on mannheim. >> seven? got anything on you? look at me, man, when i'm talking to you. do you have anything on you? no needles, no nothing, right? okay. >> they make seven arrests upstairs and two more downstairs. their informant, jefferson, is on site, too, as he helped to set up the sting. >> he's worried because he knows that they know, everybody knows now, so if he stays up here, they'll kill him. no doubt about it. at some point today i'll have to

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