MUNDO the True Story of the Rise and Redemption of Ramon Mundo Mendoza

The screening and personal story of Ramon “MUNDO” Mendoza was brought to life this past weekend at the California Theatre of the Arts, in downtown San Bernardino with a special guest appearance by the original Mundo, played by the legendary actor, Pepe Serna of the James Olmos directed, American Me. The movie named after the famed prior hit man drew a diverse and aroused crowd that wrapped around the corner and then some, hungry to see Mundo’s story. There was no doubt that there was tons of support for the legendary Mendoza who had gone from being a Catholic altar boy to a local Mexican Mafia hit man. Mundo would come to serve most of his time in lock down a tactic developed by the San Quentin prison and federal authorities in order to keep him from committing more murders. Pelican Bay SHU (Security Housing Unit), where over 150 of the worst criminal actives call home is such a system that although having secure holding facilities it has not been able to deter, La Eme who still has ultimate control and influence over most street gangs in the Los Angeles area. The Mexican Mafia has always been set up to operate from behind prison bars allowing for a stream of controlled cash flow from drug sells of heroin, and now cocaine and methaphetamines securing them tens of millions of dollars. The Mexican Mafia, Carnales (Spanish for brothers) have held control for over 30 years prior to Mundo’s joining in the 1970’s.
Mendoza widely known as Mundo eventually came to turn his life around beginning with concurrent sentences of five years to life transference to the Tehachapi Correctional Institution and prison stints at Folsom and San Quentin through his affiliation with the religion of Christianity.
With the encouragement of Mundo Mendoza’s mom, family, friends, followed by frequent visits from ministers, clergymen and their associates he would come to know and have personal contact with his faith under the most trying of circumstances and within a specified radius of the prison’s four walls. Similar to the Malcolm X story wherein a street wise hustler Malcolm comes to know Islam after experiencing a compelling spiritual awakening, Mendoza taking it a step further, chose not only to put a stop to his endless ring of crimes and murder but also to disclose his most trusted inner circle sources to the FBI and local feds.