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The Quebec Biker War (French: Guerre des motards au Québec) was a turf war in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, lasting from 1994 to 2002, between the Quebec branch of the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine. The war left 162 people dead, including civilians. [11] There were also 84 bombings and 130 cases of arson. [14]
From 1977 to 1984, the Hells Angels and the Outlaws Motorcycle Club fought what came to be known in Canada as the First Biker War.The Angels emerged victorious. As the Outlaws retreated into their Ontario stronghold, the Angels began consolidating their activities and expanding, moving into port cities Halifax, Nova Scotia and Vancouver, British Columbia.
First Biker War (1977–1984) [26] Hells Angels: Outlaws: Hells Angels Victory. Conflict sees leaders killed on both sides; The Wild Ones have over half of their numbers killed and are forced to disband; Hells Angels consolidates power in Quebec and begins expansion across Canada; Outlaws retain powerbase in Ontario until 2000; Stage set for ...
On 5 December 1977, the Popeyes, considered to be the most violent of Quebec's 350 outlaw biker clubs, joined the Hells Angels. [5] Bouchard has accused the police leaders of ignoring the Hells Angels, which led to the rapid growth of the gang as the main criminal syndicates in Montreal. [3]
Michel "Sky" Langlois (born 2 July 1946) is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who served as the second national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. A founding member of the Popeyes biker gang, which amalgamated with the Hells Angels in 1977, Langlois was convicted as an accessory to murder in the club's internal Lennoxville massacre of 1985, and later of conspiracy to ...
On 5 December 1977, the Popeyes of Montreal, generally considered to be the most violent of all of Quebec's many outlaw biker clubs, "patched over" to become the first Hells Angels chapter in Canada. [19] On 17 February 1978, a biker war began between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels. [20]
The Popeye Moto Club, also referred to as the Popeye(s) MC, and often shortened to simply The Popeyes [7] was a French-Canadian outlaw motorcycle club [8] and criminal organization based in Quebec. [8] At their peak, they were as the second-largest biker gang in all of Canada, behind the rivaling Satan's Choice. [9]
The Satan's Choice–Popeyes War was the first major outlaw motorcycle club conflict in Canada's history, involving the country's two largest Motorcycle Clubs; the Satan's Choice from Ontario, and the Popeyes from Quebec. The conflict lasted from 1974 until 1976 and saw the two motorcycle clubs battle for dominance in the country.