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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.
Bandidos national president Jeffrey Fay Pike decided in 2011 to split the Bandidos' Western Hemisphere chapters from the club's international chapters in Europe and Australia, a move opposed by a faction in New Mexico and West Texas led by El Paso, Texas chapter president Ernest "Ernie" Morgas. During a meeting of around seventy club members in ...
They offer support to the principal club in a number of different ways. This can include providing them with protection, financing or carrying out violent acts at the discretion of the larger club. Logos and insignias of support clubs displayed as patches on biker vests may bear a similar color scheme reminiscent of the logo belonging to the ...
The first Bandidos chapter in the Netherlands was established in Sittard on 15 March 2014 following a patch-over of a No Surrender chapter, and the club has since been under continuous attention by the Dutch law enforcement. [140] The Dutch Bandidos are closely allied with Satudarah, as both clubs have the Hells Angels as common enemy. [10]
Bandidos–Hells Angels conflict in Germany (2004–ongoing) [38] Bandidos: Hells Angels: Ongoing. Conflict arose in 2004 as the Bandidos encroached on the Hells Angels' territory across northern Germany [38] The war also spread to the east of the country in 2006 when both clubs expanded into the Cottbus area. [39] Multiple peace agreements signed
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Glenn "Wrongway" Atkinson had been a longtime and prominent member of the Loners Motorcycle Club in Ontario. However he decided to become a member of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, when the some Loners from the Amherstburg and Richmond Hill chapters along with all members of London chapter patched over to the Bandidos in May, 2001.
Like all Bandidos support clubs, the lettering on the patch is gold on red, contrasting the Bandidos' red on gold. The club insignia consists of two crossed sabres. Following its founding in Germany in 2003, the club subsequently opened chapters in the Netherlands, [3] Norway, [4] Russia, [5] Serbia, Sweden, [6] Ukraine [7] and the United Arab ...