Is this the guy who inspired American Me? I think I have seen this interview before.

I've seen this before.

No. American Me was based more on the guys that started the organization.

This guy in the video is from the next generation of guys after that. The mid 80s to 1990s guys. They're the ones that made the organization more influential to the street gangs on the outside rather than just in prison/jail.

He almost got released a year or two ago. This guy also wrote an autobiography, it's pretty good.

I think it's going to be my next book to read. The guy is very smart and incredibly articulate, doesn't fit the gangbanger stereotype at all. These official Eme members in general are no dummies by any stretch of the imagination, they all read Machiavelli, Sun Tzu and all those philosophy books on war and power. Same goes for the Aryan Brothers..

The problem with Boxer Enriquez is that he's at the mercy of the state. His only shot of getting out of his life sentence is making every single move at the state's behest, including every word that comes out of his mouth. I'm sure plenty of what he says is true, but if you believe someone who's obviously speaking on behalf of the California Department of Corrections isn't embellishing heavily on some issues, you must not have done research on this agency. Most of these Cali prison gangsters become turncoats after they've already been sentenced, which gives them no leverage to tell the unbridled truth. It would be something if someone heavily connected with one of the big four Cali prison mobs (Mexican Mafia, Nortenos, Black Guerrilla family, Aryan Brotherhood, etc) offers to spill the beans for total immunity *before* pleading out. Not to say their version of events would be totally accurate or any less self serving that law enforcement's, but at least you'd genuinely get both sides of the story. As long as these homies have a lifetime behind bars dangling over their heads, they're going to hold back on a lot of information that the state doesn't what you to hear.

Thanks BillyBrizzi. That was interesting. Like you said, he doesn't fit the gangbanger stereotype at all.