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For kidnapping and aggravated assault. victor was back in the bexar county jail on a parole violation. >> when a mafia member decides to defect after members of the mafia place a green light on that ex-member, there's a light on you, they will always beat you until you are no longer alive. so if they beat you one day, you happen to survive this assault, three weeks later you're walking down the street and see you, they're going to keep assaulting you until you're no longer living. >> i always try to stay a step ahead, checking my surrounding, you know, after a while, being from n. prison you m...

That ex-member, there's a light on you, they will always beat you until you are no longer alive. so if they beat you one day, you happen to survive this assault, three weeks later you're walking down the street and see you, they're going to keep assaulting you until you're no longer living. >> i always try to stay a step ahead, checking my surrounding, you know, after a while, being from n. prison you more or less know, you can sense things when a guy starts acting a little strange, you know he's up to something. >> victor says, in the 1980s he was one of the first members of the texas mexican...

San antonio's bexar county jail, we did meet some inmates willing to talk. they were in a special protective custody unit for gang members who had had enough. >> the ex-gang unit was night and day different than any of the active units we had been to. the inmates had a sense of relief that getting out of the gang provided them, and it showed. >> the ex-gang unit is the only place where those affiliated with warring gangs live together peacefully. but they're fully aware their decisions to leave their gangs carry consequences that could follow them forever. >> we always tell any ex-member of an...

Become very territorial. and from there it tends to develop into a dangerous situation. >> while rival gangs can pose a threat to each other, they often reserve their harsh est punishment for members who drop out and enter the jail's protective custody program. >> almost all gangs believe there is one way in and one way out of their gang, and that's through violence. we always tell any ex-member of any prison gang, your life is in danger. there is somebody out to get you. it is going to happen. >> that's the way it goes, those are the rules. you're in it for life, or you're dead. >> because of...

You're in it for life or you're dead, you know, there's no -- there's no way out of it. >> victor, who requested we only use his first name for security reasons, once a lieutenant in the mexican mafia. he defected, while serving a prior 23-year prison sentence for kidnapping and aggravated assault. victor was back in the bexar county jail on a parole violation. >> when a mafia member decides to defect after members of the mafia place a green light on that ex-member, there's a light on you, they will always beat you until you are no longer alive. so if they beat you one day, you happen to survi...