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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club was founded by 36-year-old dockworker Donald Eugene Chambers on March 4, 1966, in San Leon, Texas. [12] Chambers named the club in honor of the Mexican bandits who lived by their own rules, and he recruited members from biker bars locally in Houston as well as in Corpus Christi, Galveston, and San Antonio. [12]
Bandidos members were implicated in the San Antonio shootings of Assistant U.S. Attorney James W. Kerr Jr., who survived an assassination attempt when nineteen shots were fired into his car on November 21, 1978, and U.S. district court judge John H. Wood Jr., who was killed with a shot from a high-powered rifle on May 29, 1979. [66]
Donald Eugene Chambers (November 23, 1930 – July 18, 1999) was an American Marine, outlaw biker and founder of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, in 1966 in San Leon, Texas. Chambers was convicted of murdering two drug dealers in 1972 and served a life sentence until his parole in 1983.
The Pagans were formed in 1957 in Maryland, and the Bandidos formed in 1966 in San Leon, Texas. Both groups have ties to drug and gun trafficking, said police officials.
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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is classified as a motorcycle gang by law enforcement and intelligence agencies in numerous countries. While the club has denied being a criminal organization, Bandidos members have been convicted of partaking in criminal enterprises including theft, extortion, prostitution, drug trafficking and murder in various host nations.
Diablos Motorcycle Club: 1999 Pattaya, Thailand: Populous support club for the Bandidos MC, mostly active in parts of Europe and Asia. Diablos: 1961 San Bernardino, California, US [41] Dirty Dozen Motorcycle Club: 1964 Arizona: Merged with the Hells Angels in 1997. Druids MC North 1978 Sheffield, England [42] [43] [44] El Forastero: 1962 Sioux ...
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