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David Davila, 18, (left) sits on the couch in his home, smiling at his friend Rosemary Vega's two sons Champ Lumas, 2, (right) and Christopher Lumas, 3, (left of center). 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)