Shot five times by a Los Angeles gang, leaving ten bullet holes through his body, Tony died for thirty minutes and had an out-of-body experience, where he talks with God and makes a choice to forgive.

While serving a 33-year sentence, a spiritual awakening led drug lord Esteban Mendoza Cruz to form a church in Mexico’s most corrupt prison. With a congregation of more than 600, Cruz sows hope both among inmates and in the community at large.