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Nuestra Familia - A Broken Paradigm John "Boxer" Mendoza's Personal
Publication Date: December 28, 2012
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This book is about one of California's most violent Hispanic prison gangs that thrives both within the prison system and on the streets of Northern California. It's an undiluted story about my own personal journey, told by me, and how I muddled away almost 20 years of my life, wallowing in this criminal cesspool. I walk you through an arcane underworld, using my own experiences, offering a comprehensive inside look into how the Nuestra Familia transforms young undeveloped minds into polished pre-disposed killing machines. It's also an open-ended description about how I rose to the top of this criminal organization and how I fell in the face of flawed politics, personal agendas, and self-serving unethical motivations. This expose exhibits how a self-delusional, naked greed and a cannibalistic organization lost sight of its purest fundamentals and entrenched itself in a heightened state of paranoia. This book is not about self-glorification or self-embellishments. The stark brutality of what took place here should serve as a de-glamorization of the gang philosophy and the perilous lifestyle I lived
From Amazon.com:
This book is about one of California's most violent Hispanic prison gangs that thrives both within the prison system and on the streets of Northern California. It's an undiluted story about my own personal journey, told by me, and how I muddled away almost 20 years of my life, wallowing in this criminal cesspool. I walk you through an arcane underworld, using my own experiences, offering a comprehensive inside look into how the Nuestra Familia transforms young undeveloped minds into polished pre-disposed killing machines. It's also an open-ended description about how I rose to the top of this criminal organization and how I fell in the face of flawed politics, personal agendas, and self-serving unethical motivations. This expose exhibits how a self-delusional, naked greed and a cannibalistic organization lost sight of its purest fundamentals and entrenched itself in a heightened state of paranoia. This book is not about self-glorification or self-embellishments. The stark brutality of what took place here should serve as a de-glamorization of the gang philosophy and the perilous lifestyle I lived
- GenresCrime
508 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 2012
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December 3, 2013
I couldn't put this book down! I read this 500 page amazing story in 2 days! I'm from the Bay Area and it was so crazy to know exact locations, places etc the author referred to!
March 7, 2013
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September 27, 2017
really good book.
June 10, 2021
Excellent!! Extremely well written.
August 16, 2023
Great Book it was interesting to see a lot of backstory
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