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| Founded | March 4, 1966[2] |
| Founder | Donald Chambers[2] |
| Founded at | San Leon, Texas, United States[2] |
| Type | Outlaw motorcycle club |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States[3] |
Region | Worldwide (303 chapters in 22 countries)[4] |
Membership | 2,000–2,500[5] |
| Website | www.bandidosmc.com |
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation,[1] is an outlaw motorcycle club with a worldwide membership.[6][7][8] Formed in San Leon, Texas, in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members[5] and 303 chapters located in 22 countries,[4] making it the second-largest motorcycle club in the world behind the Hells Angels.[9]
Numerous law enforcement and international intelligence agencies classify the Bandidos as an organized crime syndicate.[10][11]
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- ^ a b c Law agencies prep, keep watch, as outlaw biker club rides in for holiday weekend Mori Kessler, stgeorgeutah.com (August 27, 2013) Archived March 24, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bandidos Motorcycle Club". Archived from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2020.bandidosmcunitedstates.com
- ^ a b "Number of Hells Angels charters and Bandidos chapters worldwide". Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2020.Statista (May 24, 2012)
- ^ a b Bandidos: 5 things to know about second-most dangerous motorcycle gang Jessica Durando, USA Today (May 19, 2015) Archived May 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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Barker1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 2003 Annual Report Organized Crime in Canada (PDF). Crime Intelligence Service Canada. 2003. ISBN 0-662-67479-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-18.
- ^ "FBI and DEA arrest top Bandidos Motorcycle Leaders in San Antonio, Houston". San Antonio Express-News. Archived from the original on 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "How the Bandidos became one of the world's most feared biker gangs". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2020-11-21. Michael E. Miller, The Washington Post (May 18, 2015)
- ^ "2005 National Gang Threat Assessment" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-12-22. National Alliance of Gang Investigators Association (2005)
- ^ "Outlaw motorcycle gangs". Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-11-21. Europol