I bought another round, and then anotherasking questions the entire time about Bandido life to anyone who would look my way. RELATED: Affidavit provides detailed timeline of what allegedly happened the night Zuzu Verk disappeared. The Bandidos live here, and they love to steal motorcycles. . Cut one, we all bleed, the Bandidos warnand the blood has never stopped flowing, often from internal strife as much as external battles.. He was dressed in blue denim shorts, a white T-shirt, and tennis shoes with white socks. Not bad, huh?, A few minutes later, I came across an agreeable, clean-cut young Bandido named Lenny Jonas. [16] Subsequent expansion into the Nordic countries in the 1990s led to a violent feud with the Hells Angels. It was all chrome and noise, he said. We are brothers until the day we die. They promised us there would be no trouble, he said hesitantly as the Bandidos parked their bikes and began hugging and kissing one another on the mouththe traditional Bandido greeting. Pike laughed out loud. Without saying a word, I bought a round for everyonea total of 96 beers. on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 11:55 am and is filed under Uncategorized. Standing before the home was a handsome, strapping man. We are made to known about his death on September 23, 2020. But I know he loves it so much that I would never ask him to quit., When Lenny was out of earshot, I asked Nicole what she thought about the allegations that the Bandidos were a criminal enterprise. They might do a burglary here and there. They were dressed in steel-toed boots, jeans, and their colors: denim or black leather vests covered with a variety of red-and-gold patches that carried such slogans as Loyalty is our honor, Our colors dont run, and Expect no mercy. On the back of every vest was a large patch of a bellicose Mexican bandit brandishing a pistol and a machete. Although Pikes assistants had told a few of the members that he was letting a reporter come to the funeral, many had no idea who I was. [12], The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is organized by local chapters, with state and regional officers, as well as a national chapter made up of four regional vice-presidents and a national president. Defense attorneys criticized federal prosecutors for stitching together a racketeering case based on minor felonies and misdemeanors. And the truth is that I sometimes do get jealous of all the time he spends with the club. [25] The design is credited to the club's founder, Donald Chambers. A few years ago, Pike owned a large street-rod shop in Tomball. Under terms of the plea agreement entered into on May 5, 2006, WEGERS must move out of, and refrain from working in . Please received our heartfelt condolences. And when you get a bunch of men like that together in one club, you better watch out, because theres no telling what can happen.. Ex-Bandido says national president kicked predecessor out over TV interview. [18] George Wegers, who served as international president between 1998 and 2005, was convicted of racketeering charges in October 2006. The Houston Chronicle wrote in 2001 that at some meetings attendance was required, and chapters took roll calls. ", "Ex-Bandido says national president kicked predecessor out over TV interview", "Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs: Aspects of the One-Percenter Culture for Emergency Department Personnel to Consider", "Are the Bandidos Named After A Corn Chip Mascot? Pike said he wants to leave a different legacy: "The only . The men roared with laughter. [69][11] The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) also identify the club as one of the "big four" motorcycle gangs, along with the Hells Angels, Outlaws and Pagans, and contend that the club is responsible for organized crime activity such as drug dealing, arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion, money laundering and murder. Undercover operations in the eighties led to arrests over almost one hundred Bandidos in eight states, including most national officers. [53] Chapters were then founded in Italy in 2001[54] and on the Channel Islands in 2003. The motto of Niagara University, "Ut Omnes Te Cognoscant," translated means "That All May Know You.". George Wegers, 54, was one of 32 people in Washington, Montana and South Dakota indicted last year as federal officials raided the Bellingham-based gang. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. George (Crash) Kriarakis. Guillermo has also worked in Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona and California and his work has appeared in various publications, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, New York Post, Newsday, Denver Post and the Albuquerque Journal. (Written on the front of the panties was the phrase Support Your Local Bandidos.). George Wegers is Dead : Death, Obituary, Cause of Death, Memorial, Funeral 360NG totally feeling remorsed to announce the death of a loved one 'George Wegers '. It is worth noting that paperback/hardback version of this book has been split into two parts for the Kindle, which just makes things confusing! Here are 21 facts about this group of motorcycling enthusiasts. And according to the law enforcement gossip mill, at least one of those investigations is now focused on Texas, where all the Bandidos national officers live. The Houston FBI agent who investigates us has called me so many times that Ive got his number on my speed dial. Court room illustrations from Karlene Ryan. Bandidos have been accused of threatening people who were preparing to testify against them in court and of beating and even shooting any member of rival motorcycle clubs who has either not shown them the proper respect or attempted to invade one of their territories. October 6, 2006. In surveillance photos, they saw the Expect no mercy patch on his vest, which is the Bandidos equivalent of the Purple Heart, given to any member who has drawn blood or spilled his own blood in defense of the club. Today the police seem more determined than ever to bring the Bandidos down. Police investigators have found racial paraphernalia in raids on the gang. [23] The American chapters began wearing a redesigned patch in 2011. As part of the case he admitted that he, along with other members, conspired to tamper with witnesses, traffic stolen motorcycles as well as conspire to commitother crimes. But the Bandidos kept right on growing, opening new chapters throughout the country. The "1%" sign references an old saying that 99 percent of bikers are law-abiding citizens. Members were accused of conspiracy to commit murder, witness . We take our clothes to the dry cleaners. A former cohort, ex-Bandidos national officer Edward Winterhalder , has written the above book about the club, says Wegers thought the Bandidos needed more . Furious, law enforcement agencies redoubled their efforts to bring the club down. Ojemann, who was 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighed 420 pounds while he was national sergeant at arms, said he and other Bandidos members carried out beatings or intimidation of rivals or wayward Bandidos on direct or indirect orders from Pike and Portillo. [3], The club has 303 chapters worldwide, located in twenty-two countries in North America, Oceania, Europe and Asia. Friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished George Wegers . I headed down a dirt road, drove past a stand of trees, and saw an unfinished two-story frame home, about 3,500 square feet. I remember him turning down the radio and saying he wanted Galveston Johns (backside), Ojemann said. They came in packs, riding two, sometimes three abreast, their motorcycles roaring loudly enough to rattle all the funeral homes windows. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club was founded by 36-year-old dockworker Donald Eugene Chambers on March 4, 1966, in San Leon, Texas. It circled the Double Deuceonce, twice, then three times. Although the particular meaning of each patch is not publicly known, various law enforcement agencies have identified Bandidos patches which they believe are related to criminal activity. As Ojemann rode with Pike back to his house, Ojemann said Pike seethed. Read more of his stories here. London CNN . The police had no cell phones and no video cameras, which meant we all had a much better chance of getting away.. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. A flask or two was passed around. But its not only the Bandidos rivals who are getting killed. But when I got older, people would talk about himtalk about his love of adventure, he said. He was 36 years old, the son of one of the first members, Steve Panhead Jonas, who had been shot to death at a San Antonio bar in 1983. Each situation is different. The gang is known for being unafraid to flout their identity. While there are no books specifically written about George Wegers, this following book details the rise of the Bandidos, written by Alex Caine who was able to infiltrate the club for 3 years. Guillermo Contreras/San Antonio Express-News, John Davenport / San Antonio Express-News, Texas chain with San Antonio bakeries files for bankruptcy, Report: San Antonio Rep. 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It contained a list of all the Bandidos chapters, photos of famous dead Bandidos such as Chambers (who died of cancer in 1999) and Hodge (who died of heart disease in 1992), and a page where supporters and wannabes could purchase Bandidos T-shirts, clocks, coffee cups, tote bags, calendars, and thong panties. The last was George Wegers, who pleaded guilty in Washington state to federal racketeering charges and was sentenced to about 20 months. He looked like just another middle-aged man who had spent the morning working in the yard. Then, in 1972, Chambers and two other Bandidos were arrested for shooting to death two drug dealers in El Paso over a botched sale. One of the most high-profile cases involving Washington Bandidos came in 2005 with the arrest of the club's national president, George Wegers. The Rev. And we all go to work. These are not your fathers Bandidos, said Kent Schaffer, a well-known Houston attorney who has been defending the club for 23 years. Divorced, with a grown son, two grandkids, and other family in Whatcom and Skagit counties. A Houston dockworker and Vietnam vet started the notorious Bandidos motorcycle gang in the mid-1960s. [51][52], The German department of the Bandidos was chartered in 2000. A couple of undercover police officers who follow the club had told me that Bandidos officers never discuss anything with citizens. Theyre not going to be real receptive to a reporter showing up, one officer said. George Wegers was funny, highly intelligent and well read, but if crossed could slip instantly into a violent and unpredictable psychotic rage. When the hearse stopped, members of Chucos own San Antonio chapter carried his casket to the grave site. [26] In addition to the "Fat Mexican" and diamond-shaped "1%er" emblems, club members also wear other patches on leather or denim vests known as colors. He was turning off Interstate 5 in Skagit County, Washington State, near his home when his bike spun out of control. [37], The Bandidos have an estimated membership of between 2,000 and 2,500 worldwide. Youre going to let me come to your housethe head of the Bandidos? I asked. They also commonly wear a unique patch (known as the "Heart Patch") consisting of a round patch in Bandidos colors on the front upper left of the colors (vest), as worn by the member. Other Tier 2 gangs include the Bloods, the Crips and the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. And, there were some Bandidos members in those chapters who, when arrested, were found to have pictures of Osama bin Laden at their homes, DeGuerin said. [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. According to a 2007 Texas Monthly article, they had a patchwork of tattoos, long beards, wild hair and nicknames like "Pecker," "Revolver," "Deadweight" and "Log Cabin." But defense lawyers for Pike and Portillo attacked Ojemanns testimony as self-serving, or of being fabricated to wrongly accuse their clients in order to save himself from lengthy prison time in his own drug case. [34] Prospective members must undertake a three-stage process before being initiated, beginning as a "hangaround", before becoming a "prospect" and then "probation". He wanted the badass bikers who cared about nothing except riding full time on their Harley-Davidsons. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab). 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Ojemann agreed with that, and with DeGuerins assertion that Pike was disappointed with Ojemann for his involvement in drugs. But would they call that entire department a criminal enterprise? [15][12], In 1989, the club was established in Europe when a chapter was formed in Marseille, France. The music on the jukebox cranked up, and I saw Jeff Pike by a pool table. Former Hells Angels boss Sonny Barger was a fraud who beat his wife and 14-year-old stepdaughter, ex-gangster George Christie writes in 'Exile on Front Street' tell-all. Stevens asked him if he had told agents he left the club after losing interest in the club over matters he didnt agree with. One Bandido popped a wheelie on his Harley-Davidson and rode on his back tire for at least thirty yards. The passing of George Wegers. For a Bandido, he was relatively clean, his rap sheet consisting of just two crimes: In 1987 he paid an $800 fine after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge (he admitted stabbing a man who was arguing with him at a party), and in 1992 he received twenty months deferred adjudication after being charged with illegally wiring his house in order to steal electricity from the city of Houston. It banked to the right and began to circle the funeral home. The leadership of the club consists of an international president, known as "El Presidente", who has authority over every club chapter. [10][11], The Bandidos Motorcycle Club was founded by 36-year-old dockworker Donald Eugene Chambers on March 4, 1966, in San Leon, Texas. The brotherhood. They kept coming and coming, their wind-burned faces grim and purposeful. San Antonio is known as the jungle. The lions den, Ojemann said. Hi, how are you? I said to a Bandido wearing a bandanna and dark sunglasses. Fing off the fing charts., I turned around and came face to face with F.O., who had stabbed me in the sternum the day before. Whats it to you, motherfer? he replied, his breath smelling of alcohol and cigarettes. 'George Wegers ' has Passed Away. As I got in my rental car, I heard the familiar whomp-whomp-whomp of the police helicopter. The FBI went so far as to buy a biker bar in Dallas, bringing in as the owner a New York agent who tried to find out what the Bandidos were up to. [19], The Bandidos embarked on a failed endeavour to establish themselves in Canada after merging with the Montreal-based Rock Machine Motorcycle Club in 2000. If you needed violence done, you put in a call to San Antonio., Ojemann said Houston had to be more laid back., It was the big boss backyard, Ojemann said. (To round up the Bandidos in Lubbock, the police used an armored personnel carrier to bust into their fenced compound.) [35][38] The Bandidos' "mother chapter" is based in Houston, Texas. They had come to pay their respects to one of their early members, Luis Bonilla, a.k.a. Reed Anderstrom. [6][64][65][66] These groups usually wear reverse colors (gold border with red background rather than the Bandidos' red-borderandgold background). Remus Wright speaks during Tuesday's funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. Bandidos Book Out in Bad Standings: Inside The Bandidos Motorcycle Club The Making Of A Worldwide Dynastyby Edward Winterhalder. A two year law enforcement investigation leads to the arrest of George Wegers and 25 other Bandidos members and associates. Wearing high heels and miniskirts, they passed out flyers and free drink tickets, telling the Bandidos that they ought to visit later that night to watch them perform. About George Wegers George Wegers A screening process is carried out to prevent infiltration by law enforcement. The specific charges were hardly flashy: Wegers and the others were accused of such varied crimes as stealing motorcycles, kidnapping a rival motorcycle club member (the kidnapping lasted a day), and conspiring to kill a disloyal Bandido associate who was suspected of meeting with federal agents (the killing never took place). Dont you fing wish you were a Bandido? said F.O., which I later learned stood for F Off; then he introduced me to two women whom he described as my two Old Ladies: Meja, a blond beauty who has been with him for 26 years, and Crystal, a brunet college student who has been with him for 4 years. They looked at the helicopter, and once again, as if given a silent cue, they lifted their hands in unison and flashed their middle fingers toward the sky. [59], The first chapter opened in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in 2016 and it is considered the first international motorcycle club to open in the Middle East. [67][68], The United States Department of Justice and Europol consider the Bandidos to be a criminal organization. Or consider the Bandidos initiation rites. All I ask is that he not bring it home and tell me about it. Was it smart expanding into different countries in the first place? Those clubs called themselves the One Percenters, a phrase stolen from a former president of the American Motorcyclist Association who once declared, after a rumble between two motorcycle clubs in California, that 99 percent of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens and 1 percent nothing more than outlaws. The Hells Angels were particularly notorious: The year Chambers started the Bandidos, soon-to-be-famous journalist Hunter S. Thompson published Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, a book that detailed the clubs violent, drug-fueled adventures. At recess, we swapped storiesperhaps true, perhaps notabout how Bandidos pulled out their enemies teeth with pliers and beat them with heavy metal wrenches. George Wagers Obituary. Weve got guys who own their own businesses, guys who work for oil companies, guys who are in the computer industry. [40], The Bandidos expanded into Canada following a merger with the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club in Quebec in 2000. George Wegers was born in Whatcom County in Washington State around 1953. He had a passion for motorcycles from a very young age, possibly spurred on by a Harley Davidson motorcycle owned by one of his neighbours that he used to see parked out the front. Some of them downed beers, ignoring the handwritten signs on the church doors that read Please, no drinking on church property. One Bandido, pretending he had a rifle in his hands, aimed at the police helicopter and fired off a few imaginary rounds. I looked at Pike, who raised his eyebrows. Service 1 PM Wednesday at Evans-Nordby Funeral Home . In that era there were already a number of hard-core biker clubs scattered throughout the country, including the Outlaws, the Pagans, and, of course, the Hells Angels, which had been formed shortly after World War II. Its only a matter of time, a highly placed Texas law enforcement official told me last spring. Pike did not approve of members dealing in drugs, which was one of his concerns with the chapters in Europe and Australia, DeGuerin said. They love the tough biker persona. Pike, of suburban Houston, has been president of the Bandidos since 2006 and was vice president under George Wegers of Washington . Still, the evidence was strong enough that 18 of the Bandidos, including Wegers, agreed to plea deals in return for short prison sentences. [5] Patches denoting a member's rank and chapter are worn, as are various other patches which have specific meanings. Last March, for instance, police in Austin announced that the Bandidos were the prime suspects in one of the citys most shocking murders: the slaying of a 44-year-old local motorcyclist named Anthony Benesh. The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation,[1] is an outlaw motorcycle club[6][7][8] with a worldwide membership. Princess Charlotte appeared to offer her other brother, Prince George, a royal etiquette reminder at Queen Elizbeth II's funeral.Exclusives from #Entertainme. You know, I feel sorry for guys who dont have a clue what this feels like.. We dont do interviews. Wegers suffered severe spinal damage while cruising alone on his Harley Streeton the afternoon of Sunday, September 27. Hodge was nicknamed "Mr. Everyone said to me, Lock it up. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was used to indict Bandidos in 2005. We mourn with the family of George Wegers for this great loss. All the national officers of the Bandidos met after Batchelor's funeral. In 1985, after a long undercover investigation, hundreds of federal agents and local police officers in eight states arrested nearly one hundred Bandidos and their associates on charges of narcotics trafficking. It is derived from the Gospel of St. John. Don wasnt looking for people who fit into what he called polite society, said one of Chamberss first members, Royce Showalter. Ill be honest, it was a lot more fun back then. How Florence ButtNot Her SonLaunched the H-E-B Empire. George (Bandido George) Wegers, once the most powerful Bandido in the world, lies today in a nursing home, broke and without any status in the club. A few nights at Mejas, then a few nights at Crystals, then back to Meja. Edward Winterhalder was the Founder and President of the Oklahoma chapter of the Bandidos, but decided to leave the club in 2003 as he was not happy with the direction that they were heading. Please help us out by hitting the Share button so that we can keep bringing you more articles and Follow us on Facebook so that you get updated when we release new articles. The police said that before killing the dealers, Chambers had made them dig their own graves. With an estimated 800 to 1,000 members in sixteen states (about 400 in Texas alone) and another 1,400 members in Canada, Europe, and Australia, they are now as large as the fabled Hells Angels, from California, and according to law enforcement officials who investigate the club, the new Bandidosor at least some of themare just as ribald and rebellious as the originals, whom the cops used to chase day and night. San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 23 of 44 Bandidos motorcycle club members serve as pallbearers at the funeral of Robert "Grandpa Bob" Shields in Odem, Texas on April 6, 1964. The length of this process is decided by each chapter president, and ends when the chapter's members vote unanimously to allow the probationary member to enter the club. Now, hes physically and financially busted and out of the club, and theyre either dead or in prison. Built like a professional wrestler, he had thick black hair and a black Fu Manchu mustache, and just below his chin was a tuft of beard tied up with string and held in place by a fourteen-karat gold skull with diamonds in the eyes. [22], According to the club's website, the Bandidos' Western Hemisphere chapters became autonomous from the international chapters in Europe and Australia on July 17, 2007. They knocked back their kickstands with their boots and roared off, lining up behind the hearse, two by two, the line growing longer and longer. Throughout that Friday afternoon and into the evening, Bandidos continued roaring toward the funeral home, some of them coming from as far northwest as Washington and as far southeast as Alabama. Once a new member received his Bandidos vest, he was ordered to lay it on the ground. Pike, of suburban Houston, took the reins of the Bandidos until he and Portillo, who became vice president in 2013, were arrested in January 2016, according to testimony. He was predeceased by : his parents, Chester Wagers and . They are not getting on their bikes and looking to commit crimes. Shop Now. (To protect their privacy, Pike asked me not to name the school.) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Jesus, my fing cholesterol, one of them said. Website by Jefferson Rabb. Additionally, prosecutor Eric Fuchs asked Ojemann about the difference between Bandidos in Houston and those in San Antonio. And as soon as Wegers was gone, the feds quickly began circling his successor, Jeff Pike, who lives just north of Houston. It was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. [21] In 2007, the Bandidos' Canadian chapters went defunct following the internal Shedden massacre. Upon joining the Bandidos, each member must sign their motorcycle over to the club. George Weger passed away. We mourn with the family of George Wegers for this great loss. San Antonio always handled business. There were more bear hugs and kisses as more Bandidos arrived. said. For me and my friends, the Bandidos were like the bogeymen. George Wegers was the former National president of the Bandidos and lived just across the line in Bellingham where the Bandidos host that large annual Oyster run which was cancelled this year due to Covid. Eventually, Pike met some Bandidos at a Harley shop in Houston and at the strip joints on Gessner Road, and in 1979 he became a prospect. 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