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Tag Archives: gangs

Juan Mendoza, left, and Joe Gallegos

by Patrick Michels

For Two Weekends This Month, San Antonio’s Barrio Gang History Comes to Life

Wed, Oct 9, 2013 |

Two events this month honor efforts to keep the stories of San Antonio's old West Side street gangs alive....Read More

San Salvador, El Salvador, 1997. “There are lots of people here who want to kill me,” Edgar says. “I don’t mean homeboys. I mean the really bad people from the organized crime rings and other people who just hate us.”

by Patrick Michels

Gangs Without Borders: Donna DeCesare’s Unsettled

Thu, Aug 8, 2013 |

Donna DeCesare has documented the lives of young people in L. A. and Central America, where poverty, U.S. immigration policy and gang culture intersect....Read More

Joe Gallegos, a gang enforcer turned youth counselor, at Ray’s Drive Inn on San Antonio’s West Side.

by Patrick Michels

Gangs of Old San Antonio

An oral history project by UT San Antonio records the untold stories of the city's West Side gangs.

Thu, Aug 8, 2013 |

A University of Texas at San Antonio oral history project records the untold stories of San Antonio's West Side gangs....Read More

University of Texas-San Antonio criminologist Mike Tapia is compiling an oral history of San Antonio's 1950s-era street gangs.

by Patrick Michels

San Antonio’s West Side Street Gangs In Their Own Words

Thu, Aug 8, 2013 |

Read excerpts from two of 10 interviews Mike Tapia has conducted for his oral history of San Antonio’s West Side street gangs....Read More

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