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Infractions. and for them it was more important that the people who did it be held accountable. but it was odd to suddenly have to shift positions. we're there to work, to document people's stories and now suddenly we're getting involved with the kind of thing that we would usually be filming. >> the incidents provide yet another insight into a gang whose members have committed far more serious acts, such as assaulting on inmates and staff. but whose roots go back to when they were young teenagers in juvenile detention centers. >> there was our cart, had a lot of stuff on it camera gear and wh...

And this van started flying toward me in the intersection, and a motorcycle jets towards me across the street. i thought he was a terrible driver. jesus [ bleep ]. he and i almost have a collision. that's when i bike around him and i thought it was funny that this guy was such a terrible driver. >> what happens next is anything but a joke. >> then he pulled up to me. when he pulled up, he started pulling out a pistol. when i first saw the pistol, i felt he was road raging because we almost got into an accident. and so there was a moment of confusion on my behalf. >> i don't know what you are s...

Lockup. >> you had kool-aid? >> yeah. >> this is how you marked your stuff. >> yes. >> very good, very good. as you see, that's one way that we ask them to try to identify their items because we have this type of activities that occur and that's very good, okay? three guys actually went to the hole, but we did not get all of his commissary back. a lot of time when this type of thing happen, when they hit a cell, they try to use as much as they can to get rid of the evidence. >> concerned about possible gang retaliation, staff decided to move him to a new unit to protect his safety. but he says...

>> victor says, in the 1980s he was one of the first 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 wo...

Versus the other group, they're a young group, trying to get their name out there, 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 an orejone 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 g...