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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: Gangs in Brazil, Gangs in Colombia, Gangs in Mexico, Hells Angels, Mara Salvatrucha, Sinal...

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Chapters: Gangs in Brazil, Gangs in Colombia, Gangs in Mexico, Hells Angels, Mara Salvatrucha, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas Cartel, Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, Mexican Mafia, Gulf Cartel, Juárez Cartel, Mongols, Ñetas, Vagos Motorcycle Club, Tijuana Cartel, 18th Street gang, Colima Cartel, Los Negros, Primeiro Comando da Capital, Cangaço, Sonora Cartel, Lampião, Comando Vermelho, Black Eagles, La Línea, Logan Heights Gang, Guadalajara Cartel, Milenio Cartel, Oaxaca Cartel, Maras, Los Pelones, South Pacific Cartel, Gente Nueva, Amigos dos Amigos, List of gangs in Mexico. Excerpt: The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is a worldwide one-percenter motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto is "When we do right, nobody remembers. When we do wrong, nobody forgets". Both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service classify the Angels as one of the "big four" motorcycle gangs, contending that members carry out widespread violence, drug dealing, trafficking in stolen goods, and extortion. Members of the organization have continuously asserted that they are only a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who have joined to ride motorcycles together, to organize social events such as group road trips, fundraisers, parties, and motorcycle rallies. The Hells Angels were originally formed in 1948 in Fontana, California through an amalgamation of former members from different motorcycle clubs, such as The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington. The Hells Angels website denies the suggestion that any misfit or malcontent troops are connected with the motorcycle club. However, the website notes that the name was suggested by Arvid Olsen, an associate of the founders, who had served in the Flying Tigers "Hells Angels" squadron in China during World War II. The name "Hells Angels" was believed to have been inspired by the common historical use, in both World War I and World War II, to name squadrons or other fighting groups by a fierce, death-defying name. The Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) in Burma and China fielded three squadrons of P-40s; the Third Squadron was named "Hell's Angels". The 1930 Howard Hughes film Hell's Angels displayed extraordinary and dangerous feats of aviation, and it is believed that the World War II groups who used that name based it on the film. Some of the early history of the HAMC is not clear, and accou

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Gangs in Latin America

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Gangs in Brazil, Gangs in Colombia, Gangs in Mexico, Hells Angels, Mara Salvatrucha, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas Cartel, Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, Mexican Mafia, Gulf Cartel, Juárez Cartel, Mongols, Ñetas

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Source: Wikipedia

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9781157838982

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