. >> miguel perez was convicted of a contract murder and drug trafficking, when he was only 15. he says he used family connections with a foreign drug cartel to rise up the ranks of his prison gang, the mexican mafia. >> once i opened the door with the drugs, i got recognition. by getting that recognition, i get power. with the power, i get control of whatever yard i go to. once i control the yard i control the drug situation and the inmates. >> miguel perez was a big drug distributor in various prisons he had been in. i think the thing that so shocked me is that so much of the drugs coming into prison can never happen, unless there's a whole group of people out there willing to assist. >> even though the individuals locked up, they have a lot of access to individuals on the street. they have visitors that see them on a regular basis. they have mail, they can send mail out, receive mail. they're able to send coded messages out to other street gangs, or carry out their deeds. >> i would give people on the main line who didn't get visits, who didn't have no visitors coming in, i w

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. >> leon's anger is aimed at men like miguel perez.a high-ranking member of the mexican mafia himself. perez had already left the gangs several years before we met him, and he's not looked back. >> as for what soured myself on the gang life? in all honesty is i opened my eyes to see it for what it is. it's all a bunch of betrayals and lies. there's no loyalty. there's no honor. there's no respect. i seen too many innocent people being targeted that had nothing to do with the gang life just because one of their family members were a part of it. you ain't supposed to target innocent people. >> but perez left us with a piece of advice for any inmate thinking about joining a gang. >> my word of advice to him is to remember two things. one, that he's not in control of his life. because as long as he's a part of this gang, there's someone he has to answer. to whether he believes he's his own man, that's a myth. because someone's running his program. so he can walk around with his head puffed up, his chest out and everything and think that he

miguel coto's family has departed for puerto rico which means perez is on the other side of the fighter'sing. for fighting. when more people are in our camp. we have no beds left in the house. i have a king bed in my room. and i asked him to -- to move with me to the same bed. since then, he doesn't went to lose sleep with anyone. >> sharing the bed with miguel is like sleeping with your brother. you know, we just go to bed. talk a little. i am the first always to go to sleep. >> i have two more brothers. i love them pretty much. but i share more time with him. i talk more with him. i spend more days during the year in the company of brian than, than, than my brothers. >> coto and perez met in 2003. four years later, coto sr. hired brian to join the team. and the elder coto convinced perez to make a life changing decision. >> i use itted to be very overweight. i was 473 pounds. i remember hits dad, mr. miguel, he was pushing it, hey you have to do something for you. you have to remember that you are a young guy. you have to lose weight. and i finally heard him. like, two years after. i go

miguel coto coming ever closer into focus. >> back in orlando, meanwhile, the focus at least on this night is on the feast being prepared by coto, his mother wanna and brian perez. like the puerto rican style. chicken fajitas, some chips, some pico de gallo, some g guacamole. >> the group wastes little time converging. one team memer, however is stuck depending on handouts. >> everything. he likes everything. >> he likes onion. >> all right. >> everybody is here. all the guys. a little time together. you know, we are all going to vegas, like this week. you know like a very special activity. just to share time and keep the con send tragts to the fight. >> the evening is a commemoration what has the been accomplished over the past eight weeks and an acknowledgement of what still waits. but like everything else in camp it is shadowed by an absence. 2 1/2 years ago, miguel cotoa's, the father who guided the fighter's career from the beginning died suddenly in puerto rico. here in orlando, the mech-tech don miguel boxing gym honors his memory. >> the best name i can put on this gym is my father's name. because if it wasn't for him, i wouldn't be here. since he pass