Bandidos have certain common symbols on their leather jackets -- the 1% patch, the emblem representative of outlaw bikers, and the number 13, which stands for the 13th letter of the alphabet, "M ...

The Bandidos’ motto: “We are the people our parents warned us about.” An initiation rite included members urinating, vomiting, and defecating on a new member’s vest, Texas Monthly reported ...

There were 12 Bandidos chapters identified by the Task Force, and 75 to 100 members in the state, the affidavit read, while both Bandidos and Mongols have “dozens” of regional chapters ...

Bandidos went everywhere heavily armed and violent clashes were common – against rival gangs, drug dealers and one another. During his five-year tenure with the gang, the ex-member said he ...

The Bandidos Motorcycle Club’s former second-in-command, a San Antonio man who directed the biker group’s violent racketeering enterprise, including drug dealing, extortion, beatings and ...

Bandidos are likely to focus on recruiting new members with no criminal history.” The issue of whether the Bandidos are a gang was being attacked in Harris County well ahead of events in Waco.

The Bandidos Motorcycle Club was founded in 1966 in Houston. It is one of the largest biker organizations in the world with 1,500 to 2,000 members, about 107 chapters in the U.S., including about ...

The Bandidos have changed mightily since they began in the Houston area in 1966, he said. They no longer look for trouble, and they are by no means a gang, he said.

There’s no way. We respect the police for doing their job.” In past years, the Bandidos have been commended by local leaders in Texas for their charity work.