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>> 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...

>> 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 son, but i hope one of these days hes...

78237. im a player so thats why i got that. i got females. got like -- >> hidalgos underarms des play the initials of his gang, tango ore. and on his abdomen is the image of a glock 40 millimeter handgun which he says is the favorite weapon of drug dealers. >> i dont trust no one. 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. he...

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 fit. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered 4-1, members of the s.e.r.t. team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go. go. camera go. camera go. >> im not stupid, you know what i mean? i laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. just chilled out real quick. >> he threw the knife on the ground, not at the officer. it was very clea...

Here to punish or to convict anyone. its just to hold them. >> but in jail, holding inmates is never a simple proposition, especially when they dont want to be held. >> a lot of the gang members, because theyre secured in the cell for 23 hours a day, theyve got all that time to, you know, 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 disrespec...

>> above my eyebrows, i was raised in the hood, so thats the reason for that. its the zip code, 78327. ive got san antonio. im a player, so thats why i got that. ive got a female, ive got like money. >> hidalgos underarms display the initials of his gang, tango oro, and on his abdomen is the image of a glock .40-millimeter handgun, which he says is the favored weapon of drug dealers. >> crack-cocaine announced on the scale, my own choice. its basically when youre selling drugs, you cant trust no...

>> narrator: hidalgos mother worries about the extensive time her son might have to serve. hes recently added five new felony charges. >> hes always getting in trouble because he gets mad and frustrated just being locked up. it worries me because it seems like charges are never going to stop. >> hidalgo now has a trial dalt 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. >> im just p...

More of a femllowship. >> theyre in prison on the make sure the home boys make it safe back to our families and to make sure if one of our home boys need something, were going to be there. >> since the age of 14, hidalgo has spent most of his life incarcerated. hes been in jail for the past three years charged with 16 crimes. >> ive got an ag robbery, evading a race, possession, daily conducts, dwi, assault, bodily injury. ive got my whole list in my cell. >> hidalgo has pleaded not guilty pleas...

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