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David Davila, 18, (center) stands in the kitchen of his home, while his friend Rosemary Vega's son, Christopher Lumas, 3, (bottom center) plays next to him. He is very close to Vega's children and thinks of them as brothers. Davila lives in the house of his friend's aunt in Hawthorne, CA, which is just outside Los Angeles city limits. He has been part of the Muerto 13 (dead) gang since he was 12 and has also been in and out of juvenile detention camps since the same age. In the last six months he decided to change his life by getting an honest job, along with trying to obey the law. (KEYSTONE/CAVAN IMAGES/Justin Maxon)