Out Here in the Middle of Nowhere “Before, gangs were racially segregated, so you had the Mexicans, the blacks, the Aryan Brotherhood, and so on. Now, the Bloods and all are recruiting across the racial …
"El Centro’s not so bad, just be watching yourself on Friday night pay day. That’s when the cowboys will be going wild."
Posted October 21, 1993
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El Centro gangs, Holtville High football, 115 in the afternoon at Calipatria prison
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“I moved here from San Diego and I actually prefer it. I really do. I married a Mexican girl and settled down. They’re the best people I’ve come across yet in California. Certainly the most kind.”
October 21, 1993