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Choke hold with his right and was banging on his head with his left. >> officer lighty came to his partner's defense. >> i came in, i grabbed guerrero by the arms, and i pulled him and tried to pull him off. but i sat there for a few minutes, you know, wrestling with him a little bit. >> the corporal was trying to restrain me. i'm with the other lawman trying to get him off my cellie, my home boy, blood everywhere. >> officers inside the housing unit security control room witnessed the fight and alerted the special emergency response team organization or sert. >> the sert team arrived, they se...

It say san antonio. playboy. i'm a player so that's why i got 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. >> crack cocaine, an ounce, on the scale. i don't trust no one. especially 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 rea...

>> yeah. >> jose hidalgo is getting ready for a big day. >> hidalgo. >> for the nearly three years 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 fin...

>> 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 not going to shake you down. >> the first thought i had was there's something in this cell. then i r...

Think of different games they can play with the officers. because they're trying to create a reputation for themselves that they're not to be messed with. >> i'm easy to get along with, but once somebody disrespects me or something, we going -- we going to take care of business. >> jose hidalgo is a member of what officials describe as the fastest growing and most notorious gang in the jail. the tango orejones. but hidalgo describes the gang as more of a fellowship. >> they're supposed to make sure that the home boys make it safe back to our families and to make sure if one of our home boys ne...