Victor Toruno (R) makes doughnuts with Francisco Jimenez at Toruno's home, which also serves as a bakery, in the Hialeah neighborhood in Managua August 13, 2014. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Victor Toruno was just 12 when he ran away from an abusive father to join a local street gang in Nicaragua, graduating from thief to drug dealer.
After stints in jail and treatment and therapy for drug addiction, he took part in a rehabilitation and training programme run by a charity group and now runs a small bakery in Managua where he employs other youths who have escaped gang life.
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