founded in the 1960s, they got their start on the city s northwest side and branched out from there. they now claim up to 3,000 members, who must obey strict codes of conduct. above all, no one is to cooperate with law enforcement. but sandoval and carpenter have seen gang members break that cardinal rule time and time again. they ve personally recruited many informants from the maniac latin disciples, including this man, who we re calling poncho, to protect his identity. poncho has been in and out of jail several times. at one point, sandoval helped him work out a plea bargain on a drug possession case. you know, i was in a bad situation and the man came and saved me. i owed him for that. he keeps us informed of
authorities, but a team of two enormously ups the stakes as each entrusts his life with the other. this pair of informants who we have been calling poncho and lefty have just started an operation to nab a drug ring on chicago s west side. their plan takes a turn one week later. it s at this playground that gunfire erupts at a neighborhood on northwest side. bullets strike two little girls, a 7-year-old and a 2-year-old, piercing one in the back and grazing the other in the head. both survive their injuries and police capture the alleged gunman, a maniac latin disciple who was trying to shoot at a rival and missed. this was an outrageous act. chicago s new police superintendent declares war on the maniac latin disciples. their entire organization is going to be held accountable for
chicago. founded in the 1960s, they got their start in humboldt park on the city s northwest side and branched out from there. they now claim up to 3,000 members who must obey strict codes of conduct. above all no, one is to cooperate with law enforcement. but sandoval and carpenter have seen gang members break that cardinal rule time and time again. they ve personally recruited many informants from the maniac latin disciples, including this man whom we re calling poncho to protect his identity. poncho s been in and out of jail several times. at one point sandoval helped him work out a plea bargain on a bad situation, ande the man came and saved me. i owe him. now that he s out he will call and let us know of certain murders, who did what, what it was about, was it retaliation.
interview, i don t think you re going to see this right here because it takes guts, man. one informant alone shoulders enough risk by working with authorities. but a team of two enormously ups the stakes as each entrusts his life with the other. invest gatorade dran sand dl oval and this pair of informants whom we ve been calling poncho and lefty just started an operation to nab the drug ring on the left side. their plan takes a 180 degree turn, however, one week later. it s at this playground that gunfire erupts in avondale park on the northeast side. bullets strike two little girls, a 7-year-old and 2-year-old, piercing one in the back and grazing the other in the head. both survived their injuries, and police capture the alleged gunman, a maniac latin disciple who was trying to shoot at a gangland rival and missed. this was an outrageous act.
if there s a financial opportunity. poncho and lefty are giving up members of a black street/ gang that they do business with. although they re oppositions, it s all about money. elf especially on the west side. i m set up on monticello and hur. n you got guys on the northwest corner and the southeast corner. as a first step,ç sheriff s police are sending an undercover officer with poncho to buy heroin. target we got today only serves select clientele. and our informant is one of them. he rides with one of four marked surveillance units while the deal goes down. where is he at now, jay? he s intro ing to the guy right now. all right. it s a good deal. he got a whole jab. he got 12. they re heading back to the meet