12 Former Members Break Down Every Rule Their Gang Enforced | How Crime Works Marathon

In this best-of compilation of "How Crime Works," Business Insider revisits interviews with 12 former gang members about the unwritten rules they had to follow to survive.

Skipp Townsend, a former member of Los Angeles' Rollin 20s Bloods, Alex Sanchez, a former high-ranking member of MS-13 in Los Angeles and El Salvador, and Tyrone White, a former street soldier in LA's 65 Menlo Gangster Crips, share what was expected of them on the streets.

Shanduke McPhatter, a former senior figure in New York's Gangsta Killer Bloods, and Vidal Guzman, a former East Coast Bloods member who was incarcerated at Rikers Island, reflect on gang life in New York. Mike Moy discusses his time in a Chinatown gang before later becoming an NYPD officer.

Andy "Rebirth" Pellerano, a former soldier in the Almighty Latin King Nation in New Orleans, and former London gang member Omar Sharif, share the codes that governed their lives.

Former prison gang members Manuel Medrano of the Arizona-based New Mexican Mafia; John "Boxer" Mendoza, a former high-ranking Nuestra Familia member; and Leroy Smith, formerly of the UK's African Crew prison gang, discuss the rules and power structures behind bars.

Former Mongols Motorcycle Club chapter president Justin DeLoretto describes the expectations of the biker club.

Watch our complete collection of How Crime Works videos: https://bit.ly/4jMUUGZ

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Andy "Rebirth" Pellerano

https://www.oneaccordministries.net/

https://linktr.ee/AndyRebirth

Skipp Townsend

https://www.2ndcall.org/

Manuel Medrano

https://phasetwooflife.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@chronicles1

John "Boxer" Mendoza

https://youtube.com/@PARADIGMMEDIANEWS

https://twitter.com/john36556946?s=21&t=7p5CC5OsgeY7DlX-cWbJrg

Alex Sanchez

https://www.homiesunidos.org/

https://www.facebook.com/homiesunidosla?mibextid=sCpJLy

Justin DeLoretto

https://a.co/d/byrFLUP

https://www.youtube.com/@mondayswithmooch

Shanduke McPhatter

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Way-Mirror-Shanduke-McPhatter/dp/1735552615

Vidal Guzman

https://www.vidalguzman.org/

https://www.instagram.com/Iamvidalguzman/

Leroy Smith

https://amzn.eu/d/4lY7nTy

https://outoftheboxbook.uk/

Mike Moy

https://www.youtube.com/@chinatowngangstories

https://www.instagram.com/chinatowngangstories/

00:10 - Intro

00:53 - Prison Rules

03:01 - Gang Warfare

05:28 - The Initiations

10:13 - Gang Tattoos

12:39 - Gang Hierarchy

19:48 - Gang Culture

23:29 - Leaving the Gang

30:31 - Credits

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