The other side of the coin is their underhanded operations. (Elizabeth Page Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @EliPagePhoto, Defense attorney Jess Marchese, left, and defendant James "Jimbo" Gillespie, 72, are pictured on Feb. 4, 2020, during a seven-month federal racketeering trial in Las Vegas. 0:00. The Vagos Motorcycle Club came up in Southern California. The Cossacks gang was among as many as five gangs involved. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Mongols Motorcycle Club. New. About a month ago mishap occurred on US Route 95 when three members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle club were arrested for shooting at two Vagos MC members. In the ambush that followed seven people were injured, of which two were seriously injured. Their colors pay homage to their founders' Mexican heritage. Coelho was convicted by a Josephine County jury in February, the final case in a multi-year prosecution of the North Valley Chapter of the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Club. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Outlaws support club, the Black Pistons MC, was established as recently as 2002 but quickly expanded across the U.S. and into Europe. Motorcycle gangs have been making like difficult for law enforcement since the 1960s. [15] Loki is colored red on top of a bike with his hands holding up their club name. The eight men were among nearly two dozen reputed Vagos members indicted in 2017 in connection with a laundry list of violent crimes characterized as a broad criminal conspiracy dating to 2005 and spanning more than a decade. The 72-year-old man with long, snow-white hair often kept pulled back in a ponytail, had just one last request for his lawyer: a bus ticket home to Northern California and a stuffed animal for his 9-year-old granddaughter, who thinks her grandfather has been in Brazil the last half-year. They also have chapters in the states of Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, and Utah . "This is what happens when the government tries to put people away with tricks and liars," defense attorney Dan Hill said shortly after the verdicts were announced. The charges contained in an indictment are merely accusations, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Courthouse in Las Vegas on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Vagos Motorcycle Club. In the 1980s the President of the Desert Hot Springs chapter of the Vagos Motorcycle Club was charged with and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute drugs. One of the Vagos MC's biggest rivals is the Hells Angels. Jurors deliberated for about 17 hours over four days before returning the verdicts on federal charges of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, murder and using a firearm to commit murder. Electra Glide Motorcycle Embroidered Vest Patch Harley Biker Chopper N-1. The Vagos have approximately 4,000 members among 200 chapters located in the states of Arizona . The emblem of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle club is shown here. Well, kind of, Video shows Memphis jailers beating Black inmate before his death, Skin lesion removed from President Bidens chest last month was cancerous, doctor says, CPAC shows the GOP has deep divisions heading into 2024, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; We are coming, sheriff says, Hidden, illegal casinos are booming in L.A., with organized crime reaping big profits. (Henderson Police Department via AP). Meanwhile, they had arrested two men that had no ties to the club. Two were hospitalized in critical condition, according to a police statement that said a seventh person involved in the shooting arrived at a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The motorcycle club are also known as the Green Nation and have a strong presence in the USA and Mexico, but have also expanded to many other countries. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. d.write('