Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King

This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez's struggle to create a "normal" life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nation's most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past. Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto "once a king, always a king" rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that life behind. Filled with heart-pounding scenes of his backslide into drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how Sanchez wound up behind bars and provides an engrossing firsthand account of how the Latin Kings are run from inside the prison system. Harrowing testaments to Sanchez's determination to rebuild his life include his efforts to separate his family from gang life and his struggle to adapt to marriage and the corporate world. Despite temptations, nightmares, regressions into violence, and his own internal demons, Sanchez makes an uneasy peace with his new life. This raw, powerful, and brutally honest memoir traces the transformation of an accomplished gangbanger into a responsible citizen.


Author: Reymundo Sanchez
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 10/01/2004
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781556525537
ISBN10: 1556525532
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General

About the Author
Reymundo Sanchez is the pseudonym of a former Latin King who no longer lives in Chicago. He is the author of My Bloody Life and has appeared on Fox News Chicago, Telemundo, and Univision.

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