Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, Reymundo Sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex, and was left to fend for himself before age 14. The Latin Kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in America, became his refuge and his world, but its [...]
Having written about the street gang lifestyle in "My Bloody Life," the author describes how hard it is to escape gang life and the lasting damage of physical, mental, and sexual abuse.[...]