The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate. The club is headquartered in southern California and was originally formed in Montebello, California in 1969 by Hispanic Vietnam War veterans who were refused entry to the Hells Angels because of their race. Law enforcement officials estimate there are approximately 500 to 600 full patched (offic...
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The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate. The club is headquartered in southern California and was originally formed in Montebello, California in 1969 by Hispanic Vietnam War veterans who were refused entry to the Hells Angels because of their race. Law enforcement officials estimate there are approximately 500 to 600 full patched (official) members. It has its main presence in southern California. It also claims it has chapters in US states of Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Oregon, New York, Indiana, Florida and Virginia, and in the countries of Canada, Italy and Mexico.
The Mongols members have had long-running confrontations with law enforcement in such areas as drug dealing (especially methamphetamine), money laundering, robbery, extortion, firearms violations, murder and assault, among other crimes.
In 1998, ATF agent William Queen infiltrated the club,...
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