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The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, [1] is an outlaw motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. [6] [7] [8] Formed in San Leon, Texas, in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members [5] and 303 chapters located in 22 countries, [4] making it the second-largest motorcycle club in the world behind the Hells Angels.
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 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.
The six-episode series dramatises the story of the Milperra massacre, when the Bandidos and the Comanchero motorcycle clubs went to war on Father's Day, Sunday 2 September 1984. The massacre had its beginnings after a group of Comancheros broke away and formed the first Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter in Australia.
Edward Winterhalder (born 1955) is an American television producer who has created programs about motorcycle clubs and the outlaw biker lifestyle for networks and broadcasters worldwide; [1] an author who has written more than forty-five books about motorcycle clubs and outlaw biker culture published in the Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages; [2] a singer ...
In 2005, he joined the Bandidos motorcycle gang. [3] Jessome was a close friend of another tow truck driver, George "Crash" Kriarakis, who recruited him into the Bandidos. [1] In common with many of the members of the Canadian Bandidos, a self-proclaimed "motorcycle club", Jessome did not own a motorcycle nor know how to ride one. [1]
Three motorcycle gang members who killed a lone biker after spotting him riding on their patch wearing rival club colours have been jailed. David Crawford, 59, from Ivybridge, Devon, was hit from ...
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, like other prominent outlaw motorcycle clubs, utilizes smaller motorcycle clubs – known as support clubs, "puppet clubs" or "satellite clubs" – as auxiliary units. These support clubs, mostly regional, are subservient to the will of the Bandidos and, in general, are typically used for protection, promotion or ...