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David Davila, 18, posses for a portrait next to a grim reaper statue (which signifies the gang he a member of) in his friend's room in Hawthorne, CA, which is just outside Los Angeles city limits. Davilla has been part of the Muertos 13 (dead) gang since he was 12 and he 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)