Saying they had “hit at the heart” of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, authorities here announced Friday they had arrested 10 of its members and closed a pipeline that had brought $600 million ...

The third witness was an FBI agent who explained some wiretaps played for jurors of Portillo’s phone calls with fellow Bandidos and with the president of the Vagos Motorcycle Club in 2015.

SAN ANTONIO — A federal jury will begin deliberating Tuesday whether the top two former national leaders of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club headed a racketeering conspiracy and authorized or sanctioned ...

Founded in San Leon, the Bandidos Motorcycle Club has long been in the cross hairs of Texas law enforcement. Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content. Subscribe.

Here’s what to know about the group. The Bandidos are considered an Outlaw Motorcycle Group. The 31-page indictment refers to the Bandidos as an outlaw motorcycle group, or OMG, dozens of times.

Bandidos National President Jeffrey Pike, 62, and Vice President Xavier Portillo, 58, were convicted Thursday by a jury in San Antonio after a nearly three-month trial.

Whether the Bandidos Motorcycle Club is the biggest in Texas is still up for debate. Texas Monthly claimed the group had at least 1,100 members in 2015, and half were based in Texas. On the other ...