re: Any of you have stories about meeting drug smugglers, cartel members, etc

The owner of the yard crew at my friends place in middle school and freshman year used to pick us up from school when his parents couldn’t. About a year later they all got arrested and charged with drug trafficking and various murders/hits. They were all Salvadorans and linked to MS-13. Really nice to us and used to give us a few grams here and there.