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I was born in 1970. I'd never had any notion of the HA as being anything other than a gang of criminal on bikes.

If the HA are a criminal organization that takes part in a little bit of everything nasty, and he was the head, then the head of the organization was not a good man.

Around here, I've mostly heard of the Bandidos.

1. Who are the Bandidos?

The gang was started in San Leon, Texas, in 1966. It's one of the largest outlaw motorcycle gangs in the United States, with about 900 members and 93 chapters, according to the FBI. The Bandidos has a membership of 2,000 to 2,500 people in the U.S. and in 13 other countries, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

2. How dangerous are they?

A state gang threat assessment released last year by the Texas Department of Public Safety ranked the Bandidos as a "Tier 2" gang — or the second-most dangerous classification — alongside the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas and the Partido Revolucionario Mexicano (PRM). The most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gang in the U.S. is considered the Hells Angels from California.