We are made to known about his death on September 23, 2020. Not only had a member been killed, but the Bandidos were embarrassed that a much smaller club would dare to take them on . And according to the law enforcement gossip mill, at least one of those investigations is now focused on Texas, where all the Bandidos national officers live. Photos from Julian Carsini, Crown exhibits, Peter Edwards. They promised us there would be no trouble, he said hesitantly as the Bandidos parked their bikes and began hugging and kissing one another on the mouththe traditional Bandido greeting. Richard George Osorio February 6, 1938 - January 09, 2023 Bellingham , Washington - Richard G. Osorio "Zorro" passed away peacefully January 9th, 2023. . He is charged in several different conspiracy counts, including a conspiracy to traffic in motor vehicles and motor-vehicle parts. [51][52], The German department of the Bandidos was chartered in 2000. Phone: (660) 584-2626. Wegers had no desire to flood the clubhouses with newly patched members just to boost the motorcycle clubs membership. Standing in the doorway to the chapel, the thin, dark-suited director of the funeral home smiled nervously, his lips as pale as milk. Some of them downed beers, ignoring the handwritten signs on the church doors that read Please, no drinking on church property. One Bandido, pretending he had a rifle in his hands, aimed at the police helicopter and fired off a few imaginary rounds. January 2023 Reader Quiz: What Did You Learn? Whats it to you, motherfer? he replied, his breath smelling of alcohol and cigarettes. I assumed I would be met by one of his sergeants at arms, eyeing me suspiciously, maybe with a handgun sticking out of the back of his pants. They obviously had their own business to discuss. In the past, he had been a member of other Houston-area motorcycle clubs, but they had bored him. While there are no books specifically written about George Wegers, this following book details the rise of the Bandidos, written by Alex Caine who was able to infiltrate the club for 3 years. My father, a straitlaced Presbyterian minister, took our family to Galveston for a vacation. It was just something you dont forget, like a cowboy seeing his first train., He dropped out of high school, and in 1973 he moved with a buddy to Texaspartly because the drinking age was eighteen. A couple of years later, when he was twenty years old, he bought a big Harley Panhead. If you needed violence done, you put in a call to San Antonio., Ojemann said Houston had to be more laid back., It was the big boss backyard, Ojemann said. He ran over and put his arms around one of my sisters, thinking they might kidnap her. Embossed in red at the top of each card was the Bandidos ominous motto: We are the people our parents warned us about. In the lower left corner were the initials FTW (for F the World). Red McCombs funeral service draws S.A. community, Spurs stars . When I walked in, F.O., who was there with his Old Ladies, leaned into my ear and said, Buddy, it would behoove you to buy some beers. 5 talking about this. The club further expanded to Malaysia and Singapore in 2006. [01] Still handsome and charismatic at near-eighty, Ralph Hubert "Sonny" Barger Jr. was the main mover in transforming the Hells Angels, who have always attracted a significant number of misfits and criminals, ['Hells Angel,' p. 03, 87 - 91; p. 124 "Most of us [in 1965] were card-carrying . Funeral Services for George S. Wagers will be conducted on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 2:00 P. M. at the Lower Hector Church. These are not your fathers Bandidos, said Kent Schaffer, a well-known Houston attorney who has been defending the club for 23 years. In some ways, oddly, the Bandidos were not all that different from any other fraternal organization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. (Written on the front of the panties was the phrase Support Your Local Bandidos.). Eventually, Pike met some Bandidos at a Harley shop in Houston and at the strip joints on Gessner Road, and in 1979 he became a prospect. He quickly moved his way up in the club, becoming president of one of Houstons chapters in 1988 at the age of 33 and a national vice president eleven years later. He wanted Galveston John (expletive) up.. And even if you do know who they are, you could very well have trouble believing they still exist. We offer a wide selection of arrangements delivered direct from a local florist to help comfort and support those who need it the most. Its only a matter of time, a highly placed Texas law enforcement official told me last spring. TRUSTED AREA FUNERAL HOMES. Last March, for instance, police in Austin announced that the Bandidos were the prime suspects in one of the citys most shocking murders: the slaying of a 44-year-old local motorcyclist named Anthony Benesh. [29], The Bandidos' mottos include "Cut one, we all bleed",[9] "God forgives, Bandidos don't",[1] "Our colors don't run"[30] and "We are the people our parents warned us about". Weve got guys who own their own businesses, guys who work for oil companies, guys who are in the computer industry. We are made to known about his death on September 23, 2020. Up in Washington, one of our Bandidos is an engineer at Microsoft.. And, there were some Bandidos members in those chapters who, when arrested, were found to have pictures of Osama bin Laden at their homes, DeGuerin said. See the Crime / In The Media section below for further information. Remus Wright speaks during Tuesday's funeral service for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. Jeff Pike replaced George Wegers as the Bandidos International President in 2005 after George was sent to prison on RICO charges. Those words never came out of my mouth, Ojemann answered. Upon joining the Bandidos, each member must sign their motorcycle over to the club. God, Daddy was famous for the way he could throw a punch. Early on the morning of Wednesday, March 16, George tried and failed once more to reach his wife. George Wegers was born in Whatcom County in Washington State around 1953. Pike was like, (expletive) him. But thats where the comparisons ended. 2006 October, 2006. Pike, however, did not seem the slightest bit defensive when I mentioned the cops theories. Wegers has heart problems and high blood pressure and regularly saw three different doctors. [37], The Bandidos have an estimated membership of between 2,000 and 2,500 worldwide. Cut one, we all bleed, the Bandidos warnand the blood has never stopped flowing, often from internal strife as much as external battles.. I started meeting Bandidos. Oh, hell, its not like its any secret where I live. Obviously, said Rodriguez, Benesh didnt follow their advice. The FBI went so far as to buy a biker bar in Dallas, bringing in as the owner a New York agent who tried to find out what the Bandidos were up to. There was a tall front gate with a Go Away sign attached to it, but it was wide open. Ex-Bandido says national president kicked predecessor out over TV interview. Two fo the search warrants were for properties owned by George Wegers which resulted in 4 handguns and 33 knives being found. I have no idea what happened to any of them., Pike sighed and tossed his empty bottled water into a trash can. After establishing further chapters in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba, the club's operations in Canada ceased in November 2007 as a result of infighting, law enforcement efforts, and pulled status from the club's American leadership. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Chambers was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison, leading some police officials to speculate that the Bandidos, without their founder, would disband. They are not Boy Scouts, but they are not outlaws. [9], Numerous law enforcement and international intelligence agencies classify the Bandidos as an organized crime syndicate. George Wegers was the former National president of the Bandidos and lived just across the line in Bellingham where the Bandidos host that large annual Oyster run which was cancelled this year due to Covid. These patches consist of red lettering displayed on a gold background. Theyre at a major university right here in Texas, he said, grinning again. Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering: Kidnaping (VICAR), Anthony Snodgrass Spencer (Bandidos Australia President), Jeff Pike (Bandidos International President), Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering Assault, Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and Methamphetamine, Carrying a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime, Conspiracy to Traffic in Certain Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Parts. Apparently he was being tailed by federal agents at the time of the crash. In Edward Winterhalders book, Out in Bad Standings (see the books section at the bottom of this article), he makes mention that Wegers was changing the direction of the club and had a heavyinfluence on how each of the individual chapters were run. But soon, I realized, the Bandidos were ignoring me. George Roberts will be presiding. A Houston dockworker and Vietnam vet started the notorious Bandidos motorcycle gang in the mid-1960s. This entry was posted About George Wegers George Wegers But defense lawyers for Pike and Portillo attacked Ojemanns testimony as self-serving, or of being fabricated to wrongly accuse their clients in order to save himself from lengthy prison time in his own drug case. George Weger was taken to Skagit Valley Hospital. Toward the end of the road was Pikes property. Having once infiltrated the Bandidos for three years in a landmark police operation, Alex Caine is uniquely positioned to reveal the untold story of the Hells Angels' fiercest rivals. William Big G Ojemann, a Bandidos member from 2008 until 2013, said George Wegers, who was the Bandidos president from 1998 until his arrest in 2005, had his Bandidos patches revoked by his successor, Jeffrey Fay Pike, because Wegers appeared in a report about the club. They trade guns and stolen bike parts. Although the club was made up mostly of white males, Chambers welcomed Hispanics, and for a couple of years, there was one black man who rode with the club. A few years ago, Pike owned a large street-rod shop in Tomball. Divorced, with a grown son, two grandkids, and other family in Whatcom and Skagit counties. Arent they long gone, artifacts of the Easy Rider era? As they swapped stories about the old days and guzzled beer, one message could be heard over the roar of their Harleys: Bandidos forever. And when you get a bunch of men like that together in one club, you better watch out, because theres no telling what can happen.. Friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished George Wegers . Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Creed. Jesus, my fing cholesterol, one of them said. George Wegers -- national president of the notorious Bellingham-based Bandidos motorcycle gang until his arrest last June -- has pleaded guilty to racketeering . Wed party till dawn, go to sleep right there on the ground, and then get up, get on our motorcycles, and hit the road again.. Before long, several of the Bandidos headed to the Double Deuce, one of south San Antonios better biker bars. The Bandidos are here!. BY SATURDAY MORNING, AT LEAST FOUR HUNDRED Bandidos were in San Antonio, gathered in the parking lot of an evangelical church for Chucos funeral. Pike did not approve of members dealing in drugs, which was one of his concerns with the chapters in Europe and Australia, DeGuerin said. A Right-wing Cabal Took Over Odessas Municipal Government. Hasnt the motorcycle world been taken over by lawyers, doctors, and advertising executives, all those self-proclaimed chromosexuals who pull back their hair in neat ponytails and don designer sunglasses and expensive black leather jackets so that they can take leisurely rides through the countryside on sunny weekend afternoons? Ojemann said most Bandidos appeared to back Pike, who also called for a new patch to represent the club, but there was a faction who didnt, including John Galveston John Lammins, who was president of a chapter in Costa Rica, and Ernest Morgas, an El Paso chapter president. Membership fees are required, and are used to cover club expenses, such as funeral costs, and contribute to a legal defense fund. In that era there were already a number of hard-core biker clubs scattered throughout the country, including the Outlaws, the Pagans, and, of course, the Hells Angels, which had been formed shortly after World War II. Hell, no.. I attempted to eavesdrop on a conversation among some of the older Bandidos, thinking I might hear some interesting anecdotes about the club. I tagged along in my rental car. 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