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But if you'll wait right here, in just about two minutes, the bus to point C will be coming right by and now here's your ralph cramden of the airways eric mat, texas we have an amazing guest today an amazing

miraculous story don't leave whatever you're doing because this is one of those stories. I'm sitting here in

the studio with Casey Diaz. The book is The Shot Caller, A Latino Gangbanger's Miraculous Escape from a

life of violence to a new life in Christ. Casey Diaz, welcome. Thank you for having me. You have an unbelievable. I mean, a life of violence doesn't do justice to your story. I mean, it's worse than a lot. I mean, a lot of people had a life of violence. You're talking a life of extreme violence. So I want to get your story. Where do we start? Where are we like, Where do you, I mean, when did you, tell the story of

coming to America? How old were you? I was two years old. Two. All right, so we're not going to get a lot

of details. He were two, right? Yeah, exactly. But came here from El Salvador. Okay, and you came here as an

illegal immigrant? No, legally. You came as a legal immigrant from El Salvador. Okay. And you came here as an illegal immigrant? No, legally.

You came as a legal immigrant from El Salvador when you were two?

When I was two, yes.

Okay.

And we settled in what's called the Rampart District of Los Angeles.

Yeah.

And my aunt lived in South Central, L.A.

So we moved back and forth in the beginning stage of me coming here. Okay. And you got

involved in violence extremely young. Tell us this story. I was 11 years old. You know,

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