The latin kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in america, became his refuge and his world. Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, reymundo sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then sex, and was left to fend for himself before age fourteen. The latin kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in america, became his refuge and his world, but its violence cost him friends, freedom, self respect, and nearly his life. The making of a latin king kindle edition by sanchez, reymundo. For your reference, we provided these my bloody life the making of a latin king quotes with page numbers using the following version of the book. My bloody life ebook by reymundo sanchez hoopla digital rating. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The making of a latin king is an autobiography by reymundo sanchez a pseudonym about his life as a teenage street gang member in chicago.
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At the beginning of my bloody life, reymundo sanchez is living in puerto rico with his mother, who was 16 at the time of his birth. Reymundo sanchez is the pseudonym of a former latin king who no longer lives in chicago. Looking for an escape from childhood abuse, reymundo sanchez turned away from school and baseball to drugs, alcohol, and then. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read my bloody life. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading my bloody life. The latin kings, one of the largest and most notorious street gangs in. The name of the author of my bloody life, reymundo sanchez, is a pseudonym to insure anonymity of the author.
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