Joe Pegleg Morgan American Me

But he was not mexican.

Joe pegleg morgan american me - Joseph morgan born joseph međugorac. Morgan grew up in a primarily mexican american neighborhood. Joe pegleg morgan a slavic american street kid from the eastside who grew up to become the mexican mafia s reputed godfather has died of cancer while serving a life sentence in state prison. He received the nickname pegleg by authorities because of his prosthetic leg.

Joe morgan was born april 10 1929 to croatian immigrants in san pedro california. April 10 1929 november 8 1993 was the first non hispanic member of the mexican mafia. An american kid of slavic descent who was fluent in spanish and grew up in the maravilla projects morgan s ascent in the gang was the inspiration for the james edward olmos film american me. Cadena and joe pegleg morgan who became his best friend and mentor led the gang to prominence in the california correctional system by terrorizing other unorganized ethnic inmate groups gaining a monopoly over the sale of drugs pornography prostitution extortion and murder for hire.

Danny trejo said olmos lied about getting permission to make the movie he had a conversation in the phone with the real life jd joe pegleg morgan trejo asked him that if he olmos ever got permission to make the movie morgan replied saying. By the time joe peg leg morgan joined the mexican mafia he was already a jailhouse legend. No i didn t give him permission to make the movie. Because of his reputation which included murder bank robberies and jail escapes he became the unofficial godfather of the mexican mafia a race based prison gang that calls the shots in the california department of corrections and rehabilitation cdcr despite his ethnic background.

Later he was raised by his mother in a hispanic neighborhood in boyle heights. In joe morgan s case his croatian background was never a concern and never impeded his ability to steer the organisation in a specific direction.