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>> soto did not testify in this trial. and like other gang members, says he wouldnt have named the murderer even if he knew who it was. >> you defend yourself. but as long as youre out bringing other people down, i depth want to be put -- didnt put in that position. >> even if it meant the rest of your life in prison? >> im still trying to fight that. i hope it doesnt mean that, but -- >> back at sotos cell, corporal browns search turns up no contraband, but soto may still have problems to come....

>> i could hear something going on in the bathroom. i look in, i really cant see anything because there is a curtain kind of half pulled. sounds like theyre fighting. >> deputy brent ordered the men to stop and come out from behind the curtain. the gang member involved was double amputee jeremy honeycutt. he said that he and the other inmate did not wish to be identified were only arguing. >> just words, most of the time in here its words, you know what im saying in people will fight with words....

Hot coffee on and beat up? >> no. >> following rules laid out by the surenos regarding media, soto agreed to speak with us only in the presence of a senior gang member who would monitor the interview to ensure that he would not reveal any confidential information about the surenos. the senior member requested anonymity. >> can you tell me why you would walk up to a complete stranger and throw hot coffee on his face and beat him up? >> no. i cant talk about that. >> why hot coffee? >> i think its...

>> his left eye will heal fine. hes seeing well out of it so were not overly concerned about it. its the eye hes having loss of vision in that were more concerned about. can you see light? >> looks like two. >> you can see a finger. >> yeah. >> hes going to need some close follow-up with the eye doctors to make sure his eye heels appropriately and we give him the best chances to have a full function down the road. >> this doesnt even hurt? >> no. its just a burn. >> despite his injuries, hill sa...

>> honey cut says members of a gang called the spanish disciples provided protection for him in school. he eventually became a member himself and discovered that his disability provided no exemption from gang violence. >> i got stabbed five times to my head, with a screwdriver. this was sustained from that, too. i got other wounds in the back of my head. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, punctured a lung. that was from a rival gang member. i have a big chunk missing from my stomach where i was ...

Powerful gang leaders says he has left gang banging behind him. >> in jesus name, amen. >> dean had recently been sentenced to 20 years in prison for theft, assaulting a police officer. he received a new charge of first degree murder for allegedly shooting a man at a warehouse party. dean was transferred back to the sedgwick county jail to stand trial in the neighboring courthouse. eight years earlier he faced a different murder charge, also for allegedly shooting a man at a party. >> nobody eve...

>> announcer: due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> after surenos gang member threw coffee in the face of danel hill, staff decided to update their intelligence files on him. when it comes to gang members, that usually involves documenting tatoos. >> most gang members are proud of their tatoos. it means something to them and their fellow gang members. >> they could represent anything from which subset of the gang one belongs to to past criminal acts. today deputies will ...

Work the streets out there. that was the arch nemesis out there. man, its awkward for real. hes one of them, you know -- yeah, i dont sit well with them. i dont hold no hate or nothing against him no more or nothing. its just an uneasy feeling. you can never lose that, i guess. >> well, are they treating you all right in here? >> yeah, man, you know. >> its jail. >> yeah. you know what im saying? i stay out of the way. you know what i mean? i stay out of their way so i dont have to -- >> your ma...

Gang called the spanish disciples provided protection for him in school. he eventually became a member himself and discovered that his disability provided no exemption from gang violence. >> i got stabbed five times to my head with a screwdriver. this was sustained from that, too. i got other wounds in the back of my head. i got stabbed 12 times in my back, punctured a lung, and i was a rival gang member. i have a big chunk missing from my stomach where i was shot. they had to move part of my st...

Powerful gang leaders, has left gang banging behind him. >> in jesus name, amen. >> dean had recently been sentenced to 20 years in prison for theft, assaulting a police officer, and seven counts for failing to register as a violent offender. dean was transferred back to the sedgwick county jail to stand trial in the neighboring courthouse. eight years earlier, he faced a different murder charge, also for allegedly shooting a man at a party. >> nobody ever said i shot or did anything, you know. ...