Between 2003 and 2006, he went undercover in order to infiltrate "one of America's most notorious biker gangs": the Vagos Motorcycle Club. Primarily concerned with the production and distribution of methamphetamine, Vagos members have also been charged with money laundering and insurance fraud, as well as more violent crimes, the Justice Department says. None testified at trial. They were riding motorcycles back to Las Vegas after stops at Hoover Dam and the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism. On March 5, a task force member who had parked an unmarked police car in front of a convenience store in Hemet found a homemade pipe bomb hidden underneath the vehicle. Court documents identifyLozano as a sergeant-of-arms of the Vagos Desert Empire Chapter, which means he is charge of enforcement for the chapter, supervises the crimes of lesser members and is responsible for issuing orders to attack rival gangs. 2701 Fourth Street NW, during a . The Vagos Motorcycle Club is one of the most dangerous motorcycle gangs in the world. UVALDE SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT WHILE POLICE TREATED INCIDENT AS A BARRICADED SUBJECT. There were more Outlaw Motorcycle gangs formed in the 1960s than in any other decade. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images, Defendant James Gillespie, left, attorney Michael Kennedy, center, and defendant Ernesto Gonzalez, leave the Lloyd George U.S. The superseding indictment also alleges that the Vagos OMG is a closed society whose members value allegiance to the gang and its fellow members above all else, do not fear authority, and exhibit a complete disdain for the rules of society. Five men were injured. The 12-count superseding indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to participate in the affairs of the Vagos OMG, a transnational gang with approximately 87 or more chapters in at least seven countries, on four continents, and approximately 75 chapters in the U.S., including approximately 54 chapters in Nevada and California. The Vagos Motorcycle Club has built a reputation for money laundering, trafficking weapons, and just straight-up violence. Reporter Brett Kelman can be reached at 760 778 4642 or by email at brett.kelman@desertsun.com. The Mafia on wheels? These groups became known as the one-percenters, a term that originated from a claim by the American Motorcycle association that 99% of bikers were good, law-abiding citizens. Photos of the Outlaws Motorcycle club are shown here. The Outlaws support club, the Black Pistons MC, was established as recently as 2002 but quickly expanded across the U.S. and into Europe. The Vagos MC operates mainly in the United States and the motorcycle club's members ride Harley Davidson motorcycles. 0:00. It was a bumper-to-bumper parking lot for like a good 2 miles of radius of this; it was absolutely insane, Gibson said. (U.S. Department of Justice). The Vagos Motorcycle Club has built a reputation for money laundering, trafficking weapons, and just straight-up violence. Numbering fewer than 250, the Sons of Silence have chapters in 30 states, and are dangerous enough that the Justice Department named them to its four motorcycle clubs of greatest concern. The indictment also alleges that in 2013 Vagos leaders sanctioned a $100,000 reward for the murder of an undercover law enforcement officer who successfully infiltrated the gang. Motorcycle gangs have been making like difficult for law enforcement since the 1960s. But Sunday's bloody confrontation in Waco, Texas, is a jolting reminder that some motorcycle gangs are still a violent force in some parts of the country. d.write('