take off your shirt the mexican mafia carries a side from their name, mexican mafia tattooed on theirmon tattoos are aztec symbols, you'll see the pyramids and the sun god looking up numbers correlate to letters of the alphabet. we'll see numbers ke t number 13, and m is the 13th letter of the alphabet. take off your sh >> all right. >> the orejones are less complex. >> that way. for them, san antonio is their city. so anything san antonio-related will be on their body. other common things are area code. 210. >> 210, what's up? >> spur symbols are common and the city skyline identifiable. known as orejones which means big areas, so we'll see tattoos of an actual ear somewhere on their body, or a playboy bunny, if you know how to read the tattoos you find out this guy's a member. >> gang inspectors like officers rodriguez and rocha identified thousands of gang members, no system is perfect. neither is shooting lockup "extended stay". >> when shooting "extended stay", you will shoot for several weeks, and you'll be down a week or so and then come back. we shot our first couple of weeks,

texas mexican mafia. and ms-13. okay. ms-13 is number 4.because of the cartel membership and the cartel connection to these gangs. tell us why that drives the violence. >> well, ms-13 started because they were protecting themselves from the mexican mafia. now they worked with the mexican mafia because the cartels are pushing the drugs across the border and they're working together, mexican mafia, ms-13 and outlaw motorcycle gangs to distribute the drugs throughout the united states. >> laura: so drugs are a huge part of this. how big is human traffic something. >> it's large. it's difficult to prosecute. most of the girls involved are brainwashed and they don't see themselves as victims. it's a hard case to prosecute and to investigate because of that reason. >> laura: how do the police who many times are understaffed, overworked, underpaid and going up against one of the most brutal gangs in the world, not just -- in the world. >> it's difficult. >> laura: so ridiculous this is happening. these beautiful parts of the united states. suffolk

with thes overrun mexican mafia. they are eating our country up. it is not our legal doctors. host: do you feel like the president approaches this getting tougher with law enforcement? is that the right approach to take? caller: they are not punished. they put them in jail. they run them through the court system. they turned them loose again. they are back on the street. host: i thought you were done. we have a few comments from our facebook page. corey writes in that the supreme court has struck down using the death penalty for nonviolent crimes. it's a waste of time. big pharma has got to go. they are only concerned with revenue and not cures. we have a few tweaks as well. one more from eric this morning. one more tweet, this is from congressman tim ryan from ohio. he has joined us on this program multiple times. vanessa is in new york, also has been impacted. go ahead. caller: i do suffer from eight chronic problem. -- a chronic problem. there has to be some sort of balance. host: have you found it's hard to get access to the opioids that you need and use responsibly since