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Corporal and regular officer. >> and he started to get real nervous, because, you know, he had no backup, he's over there with a weapon in a secured facility. >> with gonzalez already outnumbered four to one, members of the sert team escorting hidalgo and guerrero are called back to assist. >> go, go, go. >> i'm not stupid, you know, they laid it down real quick, threw the shank away from me. i just chilled out real quick. >> he threw the knife on the ground, not at the officer. it was very clearly, you know, gently thrown to the ground and then he laid down on the floor and we secured him. >>...

That. i got females. got like money. >> hidalgo's underarms display the initials of his gang, tango arejones. and on his abdomen is the image of a glock 40 millimeter handgun which he says is the favorite weapon of drug dealers. >> on the scale. i don't trust no one. when you're selling drugs you can't even trust nobody. even though when you do know the ones that are snitching on you. >> although hidalgo is proud of his extensive body art, he's starting to worry about how a judge and jury will react to it. he's expected to soon begin a series of trials on a litany of charges, including assault...

He's been in jail for the past three years charged with 16 crimes. >> i got an ag robbery, evading arrest, possession, daily conducts, dwi, assault, bodily injury. i got my whole list in my cell. >> hidalgo has entered not guilty pleas on all his charges. he also plans to plead not guilty to the five new criminal charges he's picked up inside the jail. >> two assaults on public servants and two arsons. i just picked up one last week and i got to wait to get indicted on that. >> what did you pick up last week? >> assault on a public servant. >> hidalgo's latest assault on staff occurred after a...

>> after the meal service, corporal leyde and his partner decided to check the cell for contraband. >> and about the time the door opened i don't remember who was on which bunk, but hidalgo and guerrero both stood up and came towards the door and stood side by side creating a barrier. >> he wanted to search the cell and we didn't try to let him in. >> so we were like, hey, we want to come in and do a cell inspection, search for contraband. and they were like, no, you can't come in here. >> they're like get against the wall. i said, no. i said for what? he said to shake you down. i said you're ...

He's been in jail, hidalgo has only seen himself get into deeper trouble. but he's maintained strong support from his family, and today his mother and grandmother have arrived to visit him. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> i visit him as much as i could, maybe every week, every two weeks, and it takes maybe four to five hours to even see him because he is one of the inmates that has to be walked with security next to him. he's not in population. he's always in lockdown. >> hidalgo also gets financial support from his family. they deposit money into his inmate account which he can use to purc...