I Was A Bronx Shot Caller — I Got 17 Years In Prison & Never Snitched | Angel "Julito" Diaz

Angel "Julito" Diaz grew up on Creston Avenue in the North Bronx — the youngest of six kids, watching his mother run the block before he ever touched a drug. By the time he was 12 he was selling crack after school. By the time he was a young man he was running his own operation — hundreds of pounds of their signature Mango Piña weed a week — eventually becoming the shot caller of the infamous Creston Avenue Crew whose takedown became one of the most notorious drug cases in Bronx history. In this episode of Locked In with Ian Bick, Julito tells the complete story — the story that Reggaeton star De La Ghetto portrayed on Netflix's El Ganador. Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee were part of his Bronx operation before they were famous. He opens up about the betrayal from his own childhood friend who put out a murder contract on his life, the robbery case that sent him to state prison, and the federal case that gave him 17 years total. When 22 people around him cooperated with the government — Angel kept his mouth shut. He served 11 years and never snitched on anyone. _____________________________________________ #prisonlife #BronxStory #TrueCrime _____________________________________________ Thank You To CASH APP & RAYCON For Sponsoring This Episode: Cash App: Download Cash App Today: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/6pao71et #CashAppPod Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. Cash App Visa® Debit Flex Cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, and The Bancorp Bank, N.A., pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. See terms and conditions for the Sutton prepaid card, Sutton debit flex card, and Bancorp debit flex card. Discounts and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. 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Thanks Raycon for sponsoring! _____________________________________________ Connect with Angel "Julito" Diaz: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bx_julito/ Buy His Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D63JX8GX?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_mwn_dp_CQ6DFDAZ3FRHK8SBHY35&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_mwn_dp_CQ6DFDAZ3FRHK8SBHY35&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cso_cp_mwn_dp_CQ6DFDAZ3FRHK8SBHY35&bestFormat=true _____________________________________________ Hosted, Executive Produced & Edited By Ian Bick: https://www.instagram.com/ian_bick/?hl=en https://ianbick.com/ _____________________________________________ Timestamps: 00:00 Bronx Shot Caller Who Never Snitched — Julito's Full Story 02:00 Growing Up in the Bronx and the Family Background That Started Everything 05:00 Watching His Family Run the Block — His First Exposure to Street Life 09:00 Growing Up Surrounded by Addiction and the Drug Trade From Day One 13:00 The Early Hustles and How He Built Trust on Creston Avenue 16:00 His First Real Steps Into the Drug Game and What That Felt Like 19:00 Balancing School and Street Life — The Choice That Defined Everything 22:00 His Mother's Influence and the Family Dynamics Nobody Talks About 25:00 The Block Loyalty and What Survival Really Looked Like on Creston Avenue 28:00 Moving Up — From Runner to Hustler and What That Transition Cost Him 31:00 Master Splinter and the Crew Dynamics That Would Later Destroy Everything 35:00 Learning the Unwritten Rules and Hierarchies of the Drug Game 38:00 How Daddy Yankee and Nicky Jam Came Up on His Block Before They Were Famous 42:00 The Power Shifts on the Block That Changed Who Was Running Everything 46:00 Becoming the Shot Caller of the Creston Avenue Crew 50:00 Block Rivalries Internal Conflicts and the Tensions Nobody Could Control 54:00 The Friendship Breakdowns and Betrayals That Changed His Life Forever 58:00 When It Escalated — Violence and the Murder Contract Taken Out on His Own Life 01:03:00 Block Wars Arrests and the Beginning of the End 01:07:00 The Robbery That Set Everything in Motion and What Came After 01:11:00 The Day the Feds Came for Him and What That Felt Like 01:17:00 Life in Federal Custody and the Legal Battle He Fought From Inside 01:23:00 Snitches Street Codes and What It Really Means to Do Your Time 01:29:00 Master Splinter's Betrayal and the Fallout That Defined Everything 01:34:00 The Aftermath — Who Betrayed Who and the Consequences That Followed 01:40:00 Route 35 Cooperation and How People Around Him Got Life Sentences 01:46:00 Surviving and Hustling Inside Federal Prison — How He Did His Time 01:53:00 The Brothers He Lost the Loyalty That Held and the Losses That Broke Him 01:59:00 Coming Home to a Different World — How the Street Game Changed 02:07:00 Family Forgiveness and the Healing Nobody Warned Him About 02:13:00 Finishing His Time and What Walking Out Actually Felt Like 02:19:00 The Sins of the Father and How He's Breaking the Cycle for His Kids 02:24:00 What He Would Tell the Kid He Was on Creston Avenue 02:27:00 The Lessons From a Life Lived on the Edge — His Final Message _____________________________________________ To advertise on the show, contact [email protected] or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/LockedInWithIanBicka Learn more about your ad choices. 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