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Rodriguez is not just dealing with these gang members inside the jail. he will also be called sometimes to testify against them in court. >> i do have to testify on a lot of not only just gang members, but high-ranking gang members for very heinous crimes and at the end of the day i still have to go home and be with my family and live a completely different life than the life i'm living here. i've run into many gang members outside the facility. i've had death threats against me or i've had these guys saying that they're going to get me. i've had guys even attack me before. but i'm a peace off...

Members of the texas-mexican mafia and rose to a high ranking in the gang. >> i had the power to order hits, i had power to do a lot of stuff. i didn't believe in, how can i say this, physical violence, i believed, you know, when it comes to another gang, why not beat them psychologically? why not plan this information? >> for example, victor says in prison, he was once housed next door to a member of a rival gang. using a method called fishing in which inmates used string to pass items to cell to cell, victor put his plan into place. he would attempt to fish a magazine with a note inside to a...

Of stuff on it camera gear and whatnot, and took candy, something they could have gotten off a commissary, they decided to take a little box of candy. it was so indicative of the heartless felon m.o. they take stuff from other people and then they can prove, look what i got, i got this from this other person, and it happened to us. >> i'm the star of the show, man. i'm the star, man. >> coming up -- >> i believe when it comes to another gang, why not beat them psychological? >> an ex-mexican mafia lieutenant explains his method of warfare. you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happ...

Young group, trying to get their name out, trying to let people know, look, we're aggressive, very intimidating, they're more likely to be very disrespectful, more likely to be anti-authority, more likely to be disruptive in the living units. >> nothing can prepare you for going into the unit. you realize these are a bunch of young men with a lot of energy a lot of anger, feel tremendously caged in. and they start banging and yelling and screaming. >> a show of force and dominance, the orejones wanted everyone to know that they were the dominant group there. but i really felt bad for our audio...

>> 210, that is the area code for the san antonio area. so what they're trying to tell everybody is san antonio is better than everything in the world. >> when we first entered the orejone units, we wondered whether a lot of that was because the media was there and they were acting up for us. the staff told us, no, generally that's the way they are. they may be acting up a little bit more for you. but they're normally that loud. and i thought to myself, i'm only here for a short period of time. i really don't know how these officers stand it all throughout their shift, because the noise was de...