He was first arrested at the age of 10, but experienced his first incarceration at Eastlake Juvenile Hall in 1956. Life of crime and incarceration Īged seven, Trejo participated in his first drug deal. Years later, he purchased his childhood home and often lived in it. When he was 13, he moved to the diverse neighborhood of Pacoima, Los Angeles, and recalls never really experiencing racism while growing up. Trejo's uncle Gilbert introduced him to all three and was responsible for Trejo overdosing on his first heroin fix. Trejo was using marijuana, heroin, and cocaine by ages 8, 12.
His stepmother was Alice Mendias, "his only source of comfort" when he lived with his father. By 1949, Trejo shared a room with his cousins at their grandmother's house. After a year, they returned to Los Angeles and Trejo's father turned himself in. Shortly after his birth, Trejo and his family briefly lived in San Antonio, Texas they fled Los Angeles because Dionisio was wanted by police for stabbing another man. He had a maternal half-sister, Dyhan, but saw neither her nor Delores from the age of three and a half until 1965 his father banned his mother from seeing him after Trejo sprained his arm in her care. His parents met at a dance hall in Highland Park, Los Angeles in 1943.
Trejo was the result of an extramarital affair Delores's husband was away fighting in World War II. He is the son of Delores Rivera King and Dionisio "Dan" Trejo (1922–1981), a construction worker. Trejo was born on May 16, 1944, on Temple Street in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, to Mexican-American parents. 2.1.3 2000s: Health scare, Spy Kids and the establishing of 'Machete' Cortez.2.1.2 1990s: Blood In, Blood Out and career progression.
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