‘La Madrina’: The Once-Feared Gang Leader Cleaning Up NYC

In the 1970s, Lorine Padilla was "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls, a South Bronx gang. Then she took a different path. "La Madrina" is the story of her incredible journey.

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