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Founded in the 1960s, they got their start on the city's northwest side and branched out from there. they now claim up to 3,000 members, who must obey strict codes of conduct. above all, no one is to cooperate with law enforcement. but sandoval and carpenter have seen gang members break that cardinal rule time and time again. they've personally recruited many informants from the maniac latin disciples, including this man, who we're calling poncho, to protect his identity. poncho has been in and out of jail several times. at one point, sandoval helped him work out a plea bargain on a drug posse...

Authorities, but a team of two enormously ups the stakes as each entrusts his life with the other. this pair of informants who we have been calling poncho and lefty have just started an operation to nab a drug ring on chicago's west side. their plan takes a turn one week later. it's at this playground that gunfire erupts at a neighborhood on northwest side. bullets strike two little girls, a 7-year-old and a 2-year-old, piercing one in the back and grazing the other in the head. both survive their injuries and police capture the alleged gunman, a maniac latin disciple who was trying to shoot a...

Interview, i don't think you're going to see this right here because it takes guts, man. >> one informant alone shoulders enough risk by working with authorities. but a team of two enormously ups the stakes as each entrusts his life with the other. invest gatorade dran sand dl oval and this pair of informants whom we've been calling poncho and lefty just started an operation to nab the drug ring on the left side. their plan takes a 180 degree turn, however, one week later. it's at this playground that gunfire erupts in avondale park on the northeast side. bullets strike two little girls, a 7-y...

If there's a financial opportunity. poncho and lefty are giving up members of a black street/ gang that they do business with. >> although they're oppositions, it's all about money. elf especially on the west side. >> i'm set up on monticello and hur. n you got guys on the northwest corner and the southeast corner. >> as a first step,ç sheriff's police are sending an undercover officer with poncho to buy heroin. >> target we got today only serves select clientele. and our informant is one of them. >> he rides with one of four marked surveillance units while the deal goes down. >> where is he...

Trying to shoot at a gangland rival and missed. >> this was an outrageous act. >> chicago's new police superintendent declares war on the maniac latin zpiems. >> their entire organization will be held accountable for the alcohols of one of them. >> it's a turn of the tide. let everybody know we're not going to be playing, set an example. anybody shooting kids, get ready because we're going to hit the whole gang. >> poncho and lefty, who belong to the gang, now find themselves in the middle. prior to the shooting, they helped sand dbls oval map out the hierarchy of the entire organization. >> s...