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It was also unclear if members of the Mongols, who also attended the swap meet, became involved. [120] In 2011, president of the San Jose chapter Jeffrey Pettigrew, [121] was shot four times in the back on September 23, 2011, at a casino in Sparks, Nevada. Two California members of the Vagos motorcycle club at the crime scene were also shot but ...
The Denver City Council approved a $50,000 settlement in September 2003 with eighteen claimants – the original eleven petitioners in addition to seven other Hells Angels who were detained at a motorcycle swap meet in early 2003. [107] Denver police chief Gerry Whitman also wrote the club a letter of apology. [108]
[36] [37] Of the approximately 47 motorcycle gangs active in California, the Mongols and Hells Angels are the two largest in membership size. [38] The club is affiliated with the Mexican Mafia [ 5 ] and Sureños [ 3 ] in Southern California, and the Nuestra Familia [ 2 ] and Norteños [ 6 ] in Northern California , as well as the Nazi Lowriders .
The Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club (SOSMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club. Founded in Niwot, Colorado in the United States in 1966, the club has a membership of over 250, with 35 chapters based in 12 U.S. states and in Germany. [ 4 ]
This 1950 Bentley, with only 70,000 miles on the odometer, was on display (and on sale for $55,000) Nov. 5, 2023, during the Clay County Car Show and Swap Meet in Lineville.
The Mongols Motorcycle Club was formed in Montebello, California on December 5, 1969. [2] The club had ten founding members, the majority of whom were Vietnam veterans. [15] [16] The first national president of the Mongols, Louis Costello, named the club in honor of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire.
The Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet is a flea market and music venue in Santa Fe Springs, California. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It predominantly caters to Mexican Americans and Chicano culture, [ 4 ] selling food and beverages, art, clothing, household goods, and more unusual products.
The Hessians Motorcycle Club was founded on March 7, 1968, in Southern California by Thomas F. Maniscalco, a motorcycle enthusiast who would later become a Westminster attorney. [1] [5] [6] The club would soon expand across the nation's western seaboard and in 1972, they claimed to have around 500 members across the United States. [7]