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Is it the weekend before memorial when the Hells Angels basically take over Parker?
Whats the big deal? They are just " Motorcycle Enthusiast's" anyway.
The Vagos were out in force this weeekend.
A toon went by with a big green banner with IE Vagos on it.
So what is a Vagos? Wikipedia doesn't even know.
The Vagos are another 1% motorcycle club.
They get along OK with the HA's.
HA's current enemies are the Mongols who have re-grouped and expanded their membership since the Laughlin incident.
The HA's are also at odds with a Northeast M/C group called the "Greenbriar Boys".
The Vagos are another 1% motorcycle club.
They get along OK with the HA's.
HA's current enemies are the Mongols who have re-grouped and expanded their membership since the Laughlin incident.
The HA's are also at odds with a Northeast M/C group called the "Greenbriar Boys".
Re grouped as in had their patches revoked by a federal Judge. lol
I believe they are renamed now but using the logo. Not exactly sure if the name can be used or not.
They are still wearing their full colors here in Calif.
Correct. I saw one just 2 weekends ago in Agoura, Ca. He was solo and was wearing his Mongol patches loud and proud. I heard they overturned that Federal ban?
I have seen a Vagos AZ patch in BHC....Somewhat surprised to see that and he was by himself. Maybe from Kingman????
The Vagos were out in force this weeekend.
A toon went by with a big green banner with IE Vagos on it.
there is alot of vagos in the tri state area a few devils diciples patched over
Re grouped as in had their patches revoked by a federal Judge. lol
I believe they are renamed now but using the logo. Not exactly sure if the name can be used or not.
They are still wearing their full colors here in Calif.
Here's some interesting 1% reading but it's in-accurate as far as the Vagos relationship is with the HA's and Mongols I'm told.
Vagos Motorcycle Club
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Vagos MC Founded 1965
In Corona, California[1]
Years active 1965-present
Territory Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico
Ethnicity White
Membership 600 full-patch members[1][2]
Criminal activities Drug trafficking, arms dealing, auto theft, extortion, money laundering, prostitution and murder[3]
Allies Bandidos, Mongols and Sureños[citation needed]
Rivals Brother Speed, Free Souls, Gypsy Jokers and Hells Angels[4] (Not last I heard)
The Vagos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Green Nation, is a one-percenter motorcycle gang that was formed in the 1960s in the Temescal Valley south of Corona, California. The gang originally was called "the Psychos".[1] The club's insignia is Loki, the Norse god of mischief, riding a motorcycle and members commonly wear green.[5] The Federal Bureau of Investigation as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have named the Vagos as an outlaw motorcycle club, claiming that they are involved in criminal activities such as producing, transporting and distributing methamphetamine and marijuana, as well as assault, extortion, insurance fraud, money laundering, murder, vehicle theft, witness intimidation and weapons violations.[6] The Vagos have approximately 600 members among 24 chapters located in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and three chapters located in Mexico.[1][7] 200 members are in Riverside County, where the gang was started in the late 1960s.[8][1]
[edit] Criminal activities
Four members of the Vagos were convicted in 1974 for the murder and mutilation of University of New Mexico student William Velten. The four, Richard Greer, Ronald Keine, Clarence Smith and Thomas Gladish, spent 17 months on death row. Their case was in the appeals process when Kerry Rodney Lee, an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration, confessed to the murder.[9]
In October 1998, a two-year undercover investigation of the Vagos resulted in the arrests of more than a dozen people for kidnapping, and drug and weapons crimes, and in September 2004, a state investigation involving the gang led to the arrests of 26 people and the seizure of more than $125,000 in cash, drugs and guns.[10]
On March 9, 2006, twenty-five Vagos members and associates were arrested on firearms and drug violations charges following one of the largest coordinated law enforcement probes ever conducted in Southern California. The operation, known as "Operation 22 Green", involved around 700 personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local police and sheriff's departments. Ninety-five illegal firearms, illegal drugs, $6,000 in cash and two stolen motorcycles were also seized.[11]
In December 2007, six members of the Vagos were arrested and accused of beating and robbing a member who intended to leave the club. The victim was allegedly attacked at the Custom Motorcycle auto shop in Grants Pass, Oregon then taken to his home where the attackers robbed him, in August 2007. In February of 2010 the ex-president of the chapter involved was acquitted of all charges relating to robbery assault and kidnapping.[12]
Three Vagos members were arrested on June 9th and 10th, 2009 and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in San Jose, California.[13] Police investigators told the San Jose Mercury News that the victim met the three men in a nightclub on May 4, 2009 and that they had offered to drive her home, but instead they took her to the Vagos clubhouse on Kings Row where she was beaten and sexually assaulted.[14][15]
On March 17, 2010, amid allegations that Vagos members have been attempting to use home-made booby traps to maim and kill police detectives in Hemet, California[16] police arrested at least 31 Vagos members in a multistate raid which took place in Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California and involved some 400 police officers from 60 law enforcement agencies. As many as 73 locations were hit in Southern California, where police seized weapons and drugs and discovered a methamphetamine lab.[17][1]. On December 31, 2009 the unmarked headquarters of the Hemet Gang Task Force was filled up by natural gas which had been rerouted into the building through a hole drilled in the roof. Two task force members entering the office smelled gas and backed away before flipping the light switch and possibly causing the building to explode. The day before that attack, a Vagos funeral was held at a church next to the office. On February 23, 2010 a task force member at the Hemet headquarters opened a security gate outside the building, which launched a homemade zip gun attached to the gate. The weapon fired but missed the officer's head by inches. On March 5, 2010 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. A $200,000 reward has been announced by California and federal authorities for information on these cases.[18]. California Attorney General Jerry Brown called the attempts "urban terrorism."[19] Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco said that Vagos members posed an "extreme threat" to law enforcement officers and were notorious for trying to "infiltrate" public safety agencies, either by getting sworn or non-sworn positions, working undercover to obstruct and dismantle police investigations.[20][1]
I remember hearing about the Hells Angels as a little kid in the 60s but assumed it ended just about as fast as it started. Have they actually been an organized club all this time? Wasn't it a drug/theft ring?
Now wait a minute.. If their gonna be out on the water n shit I might have to re-think my position a bit here..
RD
I know the 'River Ratz' Parker Chapter will be invading the Tube float June 5th. Party at The Rio.. :drnkfr
uhh,yeah. you never see these guys?you can usually spot them easy,their jackets are well worn,not newish like the weekend rider,that and club colors also their bikes are a little less polished and bling.here in the IE many bars have a sign at the entrance stating "no colors/club jackets inside" :skullI remember hearing about the Hells Angels as a little kid in the 60s but assumed it ended just about as fast as it started. Have they actually been an organized club all this time? Wasn't it a drug/theft ring?
Sure, so lure them in, saying "Parker's open!"Undercover cops everywhere in Parker today. Watch your speed come to a complete stop!
You've been warned!
Odd name for a M/C gang. They’re just there to have a good time. Don’t bother them and they won’t bother you.Undercover cops everywhere in Parker today. Watch your speed come to a complete stop!
You've been warned!
They've taken over Apache Loop! This wouldn't have happened under rd's watch, even though his watch is large enough.Odd name for a M/C gang. They’re just there to have a good time. Don’t bother them and they won’t bother you.
Yeah, he's such a savage!
As a youth I loved the orange county cycle swap meet. Not so much for the swap meet but the topless biker chics!… I will never forget the summer at Bass Lake probably ‘63 or ‘64… I believe it was the first time that the Hells Angels showed up in force… I can’t remember if anything went on… I wasn’t old enough to go to the bars…
It was the Vagos who were in the shootout at the Nugget in Reno that killed the San Jose HA chapter President at Street Vibrations in 2011. A few years later a Vago was shot and died while riding his bike to Street Vibrations. There was a huge brawl between the two clubs in Santa Cruz in 2018. I wouldn’t say these guys get along that well.The Vagos are another 1% motorcycle club.
They get along OK with the HA's.
HA's current enemies are the Mongols who have re-grouped and expanded their membership since the Laughlin incident.
The HA's are also at odds with a Northeast M/C group called the "Greenbriar Boys".