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The River Run riot was a violent confrontation lead to stabbing and shootout between 2 rival motorcycle gangs by Hells Angels mc and Mongols mc leaves 14 biker dead and 22 injured that occurred on April 27, 2002, in Laughlin, Nevada during the Laughlin River Run.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club was formed in Montebello, California on December 5, 1969. [2] The club had ten founding members, the majority of whom were Vietnam veterans. [15] [16] The first national president of the Mongols, Louis Costello, named the club in honor of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club is considered a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in various countries internationally. [3] [12] [13] Mongols members have a long history in the illegal drugs trade (especially methamphetamine), money laundering, robbery, extortion, firearms violations, murder, and assault, among other crimes.
Last defendant of Clarksville Mongols Motorcycle gang sentenced to federal prison for RICO, murder, kidnapping and more after years of investigation.
People wearing Mongols motorcycle club vests walk over the new 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles on July 9. In 2018, the club was convicted of racketeering. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press)
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Motorcycle club members meet at a run in Australia in 2009. An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture.It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.
The Mongols objected to this, infuriating the Angels. [82] The Hells Angels declared war on the Mongols at a meeting on July 7, 1977. The conflict would result in the deaths of four Mongols members and an innocent fifteen-year-old boy. Mongols member Allyn Bishop was shot off his motorcycle in Kern County on July 29, 1977. [5]