We found, in our gang -- and admittedly, this was not really a standard situation; this was a time of intense violence, of a lot of gang wars, as this gang actually became quite successful.
En nuestra banda y, admitimos, que esta no es una situación estándar, era un momento de intensa violencia  --de guerras de bandas-- y esta banda llegó a ser  bastante exitosa, pero hubo costos.