GERARDO LOPEZ AKA CLEVER  EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND THE ALLURE OF THE LOS ANGELES STREET GANGS, BECOMING A MEMBER IN THE EARLY 90S OF NOTORIOUS MS 13, AFTER YEARS OF GANG BANGING AND DOING TIME IN THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY HE FOLLOWED IN HIS OLDER HOMEBOY'S FOOT STEPS AND BEGAN WORKING TO KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM THE GANGS RATHER THAN JOIN THEM, AFTER WINNING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE RAMPART POLICE DEPARTMENT HE RELOCATED TO COLORADO WHERE HE WANTED TO  A FRESH START, BUT THAT IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HIS STORY, AFTER BEING UNDER FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE FOR OVER 3 YEARS HAVING INFORMANTS TRY TO IMPLEMENT HIM IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND A TWO YEAR COURT CASE THAT WOULD OF GOTTEN HIM 48 YEARS, GERARDO CAME OUT VICTORIOUS , BUT AT A HIGH COST...THIS IS THE TRUE AND UNBELIEVABLE STORY OF GERARDO LOPEZ AKA CLEVER MS 13