In 1984, his brother was found shot to death in a Tijuana hotel. Over the years he struggled to earn a living in any way he could: He washed cars, dabbled in small time drug dealing, worked as a driver for a restaurant owner in Bell Gardens, and joined his brother Armando as a “coyote” (illegal alien smuggler). He eventually left the fields and settled in the city of Inglewood, near the Los Angeles International Airport. He crossed the border to become another “ bracero” or “ campesino” or undocumented migrant worker in the fields of California and Oregon. Perez’s two brothers, who also carried pistols, shot it out with Chalino. Four years later, Chalino shot and killed Chapo Perez at a party celebrating the Mexican Revolution. One of them was “El Chapo” (Shorty) Perez. When Chalino was only eleven, his sister Juana was raped by local bullies. He also had the reputation of being a young valiente (valiant tough guy). Having the benefit of only three years of formal schooling, he was quiet and sometimes described as shy. While Rosalino preferred the name Chalino, he was also known as Marcelino, El Pelavacas (cow skinner), El Indio (the Indian), and Compa Chalino (Buddy Chalino) to his friends. There, about 20 miles from the city of Culiacan, he grew up, the youngest of seven brothers and one sister. Rosalino Sanchez was born in 1962 in the little ranchito of Las Flechas (the Arrows) in Sinaloa. I don’t want to be a ' contrabandista,' but I won’t see my children starve either.” The government buyers pay us nothing for our crops, expecting us to eat dirt or starve. One young Sinaloan once explained it to me this way: “We are poor farmers living in harsh conditions in tiny ranchos raising corn. As Mexico’s Medellin, Sinoloa is synonymous with narcotics trafficking. In the late 1800s Chinese immigrants brought the opium poppy to the area. Marijuana has always flourished in the hills of Sinaloa, Mexico.
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