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>> no. >> following rules laid out by the cerenos, soto agreed to speak with us only in the presence of a senior gang member who would monitor the interview to assure he would not reveal any confidential information about the gang. the senior member requested anonymity. >> can you tell me why you would walk up to a complete stranger and throw holt coffee on his face and beat him up? >> no, i can't talk about that. >> why hot coffee? >> i think we're on the same subject. >> why not just walk up and punch somebody? >> just a minor -- not minor, but misunderstanding between two

Parties. >> but you don't know him. >> i was with him in the pod for a couple days, i'm pretty sure a few days. >> the district attorney could decide to file criminal charges against soto with or without hill's cooperation. jail officials have also given him 25 days in disciplinary detention where he will spend up to 23 hours per day locked in a single man cell and lose most privileges. this is the 6th time soto has been in detention given the 16 months he's been here. >> two for battery, two for ag battery, and one for i guess advancing aggressively towards a deputy, which i think that was b....

Soto throwing hot coffee into hill's face, then unleashing a barrage of punches. with impaired vision and burns on his tore sew, hill had difficulty defending himself. deputies responded within # 0 seconds, but the damage was done. >> break it up. break it up. >> this eye is swollen. this got a lot of coffee in it and i have some second did he he gree burns on my neck and my chest area. it's part of the life-style. it's normal. i usually heal pretty fast, just a minor set back for a major come back. >> 13 days earlier, hill was released from prison where he was serving time for burglary. after...

I mean, i lost all that. >> soto did not testify in his trial. and like other gang members says he wouldn't have named the murderer even if he knew who it was. >> you defend yourself. as long as you're bringing other people down, i didn't want to be put in that position. >> even if it meant the rest of your life in prison? >> i mean, i'm still trying to fight that. i hope it doesn't mean that, but -- >> back at soto's cell, corporal brown's search turns up no contraband, but soto may still have problems to come. it's still too soon to know if he will be criminally charged for attacking hill in...