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Series hunting ms-13. he speaks spanish so we ended the interview for clarity. when you were 14, what was your role? i was a foot soldier. a trigger man, that means to kill. i was 15 years old, it was my first homicide. >> tucker: who did you kill? >> i killed he was informing the police and informing for the police. i stabbed him to death. >> tucker: why did you do that? >> i had to follow the rules. the rules are within the gang. >> tucker: how many people did you kill? >> i killed quite a few...

Series hunting ms-13. he speaks spanish so we ended the interview for clarity. when you were 14, what was your role? i was a foot soldier. a trigger man, that means to kill. i was 15 years old, it was my first homicide. >> tucker: who did you kill? >> i killed he was informing the police and informing for the police. i stabbed him to death. >> tucker: why did you do that? >> i had to follow the rules. the rules are within the gang. >> tucker: how many people did you kill? >> i killed quite a few...

>> tucker: you killed because you were loyal. >> thats right. >> tucker: did you ever go to the united states? >> no. >> tucker: do you know ms-13 members who did go to the united states? >> quite a few of them. >> tucker: you have tattoos s across your forehead, what doo those mean? >> this is for my mom, and this is for the ranking i had within the gang. i was a trigger man. >> tucker: does your mother know you were in ms-13? >> she died. >> tucker: how do you feel now about killing so many pe...

Enter the united states? he told us all of that and more, the interview is part two of our series hunting ms-13. he speaks spanish so we edited the interview for when you were 14, what was your role? >> i was a foot soldier. a trigger man, that means to kill. >> tucker: how old were you? >> i was 15 years old, itt was y first homicide. >> tucker: who did you kill? >> i killed he was informing the police and informing for the police. >> tucker: how did you kill him? >> i stabbed him to death. >> ...

Claim that he is serving time only because he didnt want to snitch on someone else. burks admitted to being in the car in a drive-by shooting. but he says he wasnt the trigger man. >> theres no award you get for not snitching. but ive done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here or dead, you know what i mean? i believe god is punishing me now for everything that i did, in fact, do. so im just taking this time to learn from all the mistakes and right all those wrongs. >> bu...

Burks admitted to being in the car the night his victim was murdered in a drive-by shooting. but he says he wasnt the trigger man. >> theres no award you get for not snitching. but ive done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here or dead, you know what i mean? i believe god is punishing me now for everything that i did, in fact, do. so im just taking this time to learn from all the mistakes and right all those wrongs. >> burks is serving a 55-year sentence for the murder o...

The americans will fate puerto rio in tonights winner-take-all stadium at dodger stadium in los angeles. now turning to the nba with the extra curricular activity between the bulls and the raptors. this turns into a full-on brawl between chicagos robin lopez and ivanka late in the third quarter. both throw a punch before being separated by teammates. they both missed the punches. as for the dust settling for the rest of the game, toronto erased the 16-point deficit ending on a 50-2 run after t...

17 years earlier, jiles wallace had to confront the same reality it was like, okay i got life without possibility of parole. never going to get out. whats the point? whats the point of trying to do good for? its over with? >> wallace was sentenced to life without parole for murder. he wasnt the trigger man but at age 17 was involved in a robbery in which a victim was shot to death. he says with nothing to lose, his early years in prison are marked by gang activity and violence. one inmate even d...

Should have a chance for rehabilitation, but its nothing thats guaranteed. and even if they reduce your sentence to 25 to life, its still not a guarantee youre ever going to get out, but theres a chance. >> my claim. >> ah -- >> wallace acknowledges his role in the crime that occurred at age 17. he was the only juvenile among five co-defendants all of whom were convicted and sentenced to prison as well. >> i was charged with murder/robbery, special circumstances, which means that i wasnt the tri...

Burks admitted to being in the car in a drive-by shooting. but he says he wasnt the trigger man. >> theres no award you get for not snitching. but ive done plenty of things in my life that would eventually lead me here or dead, you know what i mean? i believe god is punishing me now for everything that i did, in fact, do. so im just taking this time to learn from all the mistakes and right all those wrongs. >> burks is serving a 55-year sentence for the murder of a south african immigrant. >> he...