


As Montana warned, the Aryan Vanguard then lets the B.G.A. Carlos also kills "Pockets", who is running the B.G.A.'s operation in San Quentin. The Council votes in agreement with Montana, so Carlos and a few others leave La Onda to work with Aryan Vanguard.Ĭarlos has his non-inmate brother, Smokey, bomb the B.G.A.'s drug supply hangout in the city. Montana, fiercely against La Onda being in the drug trade, warns that the Aryan Vanguard want to start a war between the Black and Chicano inmates. The Aryan Vanguard want to partner with Carlos as his supplier, offering to help Carlos take B.G.A.

Miklo notices that cocaine use is now rampant, driven by competing supplies from the B.G.A. The leg has to be amputated, and Miklo is sent back to prison. Miklo instead starts to flee, and Paco then shoots him in the leg. The heist goes poorly and Miklo is intercepted by Paco, who tries to appeal to Miklo to surrender his weapon, so that he can help him out of the situation. On the outside, disgusted by his menial job (as well as theft and blackmail at the hands of his boss), Miklo joins in an armed robbery. Now initiated, Miklo rises through the La Onda ranks, eventually joining its Ruling Council.Īfter serving nine years, Miklo is granted parole. Miklo forms a rapport with Aryan Vanguard associate Big Al, then stabs him to death in the prison kitchen. Miklo learns that the only way into La Onda is by killing an enemy inmate. Popeye, a high-ranking member of La Onda, tries to rape Miklo at knife-point but is stopped by Montana, who finds Popeye's intentions dishonorable. The Black Guerrilla Army (B.G.A.) is led by Bonafide, the Aryan Vanguard is led by Red Ryder, and La Onda is led by Montana Segura. Miklo finds San Quentin is run by three racially defined prison gangs. After the Marines, Paco joins the L.A.P.D. Due to his back pain, Cruz develops a heroin addiction, leading to the accidental overdose of his 12-year-old brother, Juanito. The cousins' paths now diverge: Miklo is imprisoned in San Quentin for murder, Paco volunteers for military service in the Marine Corps in lieu of prison, and Cruz continues his passion for art. Fleeing the scene, Paco crashes their car and they are both arrested. When Vatos Locos counterattack the next day, Miklo shoots and kills Spider, leader of Tres Puntos. Tres Puntos retaliates by attacking Cruz, permanently damaging his back. His cousins are in the local Vatos Locos gang, and Miklo earns his membership during an attack on their rivals, the Tres Puntos. After a violent confrontation with his father, Miklo leaves Las Vegas for East Los Angeles, where he stays with his cousins, Paco and Cruz. In 1972, Miklo Velka is the 17-year-old son of a Mexican mother and a white father. ( November 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.īound by Honor, Blood In Blood Out, Sangre por sangre, Blood In, Blood Out.This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives.

It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. Driven by destiny.".īased on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
