Aguirre, Cesar

This interview covers the following themes:

• Cesar’s path into self-identifying with a gang in the early 1990s, despite his parents attempts to keep him isolated from gang culture.

• Drug use and drug smuggling among Cesar’s extended family.

• Life and smuggling in Three Points, Arizona and the rise of Cesar’s drug dealing career in the 1990s.

• Cesar’s gradual move away from drug use and sales in the early 2000s.

• Cross-generational drug use within families.

• Description of crack house life and the collapsing code of conduct within drug and gang communities.

• The culture of gangs and drug dealers: colors, dress, cars, socializing, generational tension.

• Connections between drug dealers on Tucson’s south side and drug buyers on the north side.

• Relationship between Mexican and American drug groups.

The interview was recorded at Cesar Aguirre’s house in Tucson, Arizona on August 16th, 2017.