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Like charges are never going to stop. >> hidalgo now has a trial date for his most serious charge, aggravated robbery. he recently turned down a plea bargain for 25 years but losing in court could result in a much longer sentence. >> i mean im just praying that everythings going to be okay. >> if i beat that one charge, ive still got to wait for the other charges. >> now that hes had all these cases, sometimes i feel that hes never going to come out. i mean im still here for him because he is my...

Im a player so thats why i got that. i got females. got like money. >> hidalgos underarms display the initials of his gang, tango arejones. and on his abdomen is the image of a glock 40 millimeter handgun which he says is the favorite weapon of drug dealers. >> on the scale. i dont trust no one. when youre selling drugs you cant even trust nobody. even though when you do know the ones that are snitching on you. >> although hidalgo is proud of his extensive body art, hes starting to worry about h...

Floor repeatedly hitting my cellie. >> it was here. >> guerrero then jumped on the officers back. >> apparently he put him in a choke hold with his right and was banging on his head with his left. >> officer lighty came to his partners defense. >> i came in, i grabbed guerrero by the arms, and i pulled him and tried to pull him off. but i sat there for a few minutes, you know, wrestling with him a little bit. >> the corporal was trying to restrain me. im with the other lawman trying to get him o...

>> for the nearly three years hes been in jail, hidalgo has only seen himself get into deeper trouble. but hes maintained strong support from his family, and today his mother and grandmother have arrived to visit him. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> i visit him as much as i could, maybe every week, every two weeks, and it takes maybe four to five hours to even see him because he is one of the inmates that has to be walked with security next to him. hes not in population. hes always in lockdow...

He was a day late for the party. >> there was four laws down there. a sergeant, a lieutenant, corporal and regular officer. >> and he started to get real nervous, because, you know, he had no backup, hes over there with a weapon in a secured facility. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> im not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chill...

>> i got an ag robbery, evading arrest, possession, daily conducts, dwi, assault, bodily injury. i got my whole list in my cell. >> hidalgo has entered not guilty pleas on all his charges. he also plans to plead not guilty to the five new criminal charges hes picked up inside the jail. >> two assaults on public servants and two arsons. i just picked up one last week and i got to wait to get indicted on that. >> what did you pick up last week? >> assault on a public servant. >> hidalgos latest as...

Corporal and regular officer. >> and he started to get real nervous, because, you know, he had no backup, hes over there with a weapon in a secured facility. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> im not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chilled out real quick. >> he threw the knife on the ground, not at the officer. it was very clearl...

Think of different games they can play with the officers. because theyre trying to create a reputation for themselves that theyre not to be messed with. >> im easy to get along with, but once somebody disrespects me or something, we going -- we going to take care of business. >> jose hidalgo is a member of what officials describe as the fastest growing and most notorious gang in the jail. the tango orejones. but hidalgo describes the gang as more of a fellowship. >> theyre supposed to make sure ...

For the nearly three years hes been in jail, hidalgo has only seen himself get into deeper trouble. but hes maintained strong support from his family, and today his mother and grandmother have arrived to visit him. >> i advise i am him as much as i could, maybe every week, every two weeks, and it takes maybe four to five hours to even see him. because he is one of the inmates that has to be walked with a security next to him. hes not in population. hes always in lock down. >> hidalgo also gets f...

I got females. got like money. >> hidalgos underarms display the initials of his gang, tango arejones. and on his abdomen is the image of a glock 40 millimeter handgun which he says is the favorite weapon of drug dealers. >> on the scale. i dont trust no one. when youre selling drugs you cant even trust nobody. even though when you do know the ones that are snitching on you. >> although hidalgo is proud of his extensive body art, hes starting to worry about how a judge and jury will react to it....