Sava didn't have a choice in his life as a child.
Because this was Mexico.
He'd been controlled by the local gangs since childhood, forced to drop out and join.
But as he grew older, he began to get tired of it.
The glitz and glam were always for the bosses, never the underlings.
Have you ever seen anyone get rich by working for someone else?
After Victor took over Tijuana, he enacted the "Baja California Good Samaritan Trial Measures," which stated that any resident with a significant meritorious deed would be taken care of in terms of their children's education, bonuses, and other welfare benefits.
Even allowing them to be buried in the "Tijuana National Cemetery" after their sacrifice, where all the fallen police officers lay.
Victor was doing something, shifting Mexicans' views, turning them into people who worshipped heroes.
Basically, he was motivating the general public to help out in an ever-complicated environment.