The Real Mexican Mafia Behind 'End of Watch' Ran Every Street Gang From Inside Prison

The Real Mexican Mafia Behind 'End of Watch' Ran Every Street Gang From Inside Prison David Ayer's 2012 film 'End of Watch' put you on the street with two LAPD officers. It showed you the soldiers. It never showed you who was giving the orders. This is the story of the real Mexican Mafia - La Eme - the first great American prison gang. Founded around 1957 inside a California youth prison, it built something no street gang ever had: a pyramid that let a few hundred "made" members run thousands of Sureno foot soldiers from inside maximum-security cells. This is how the tax works, how the "green light" works, and how a man locked in isolation could discipline an entire neighborhood he would never see again. It's the war with Nuestra Familia, the legend of Joe "Pegleg" Morgan and the film 'American Me', Peter "Sana" Ojeda reorganizing the streets from off the yard, and the federal racketeering cases - built with insiders like Rene "Boxer" Enriquez - that finally dragged the machine into open court. This is a family-safe documentary made for educational and historical purposes. Where accounts differ, we say so. If this story pulled you in, subscribe - Reel Crime Files drops a new crime documentary every week. Comment below: how do you stop an organization whose leaders are already locked away for life? #MexicanMafia #LaEme #EndOfWatch #Surenos #TrueCrime #PrisonGang #LosAngeles #OrganizedCrime #PelicanBay #ReelCrimeFiles