By: Monica De Anda
Nearly a dozen people have been arrested in connection with a Valentine’s Day shooting at a nightclub in Edinburg, the city police department announced Friday at a press conference.
The arrests took place in seven cities mostly across the Rio Grande Valley.
Just after 3 a.m. on Feb. 14, Edinburg police responded to Jaguars nightclub in reference to a shooting.
Police say they discovered two victims, one with multiple gunshot wounds and another who had been severely beaten. The victim who was shot was a member of the Bandito Motorcycle Club and the victim who was beaten was an associate of the club.
Investigators learned the victims were attacked by members of rival motorcycle clubs known as the Mongols and Pagan’s.
“If you commit those crimes in the city of Edinburg, we will identify you, we will track you down and you will be prosecuted,” Edinburg police Chief Cesar Torres said Friday.
Police executed search warrants in Weslaco, Edinburg, McAllen, Brownsville, Edcouch, Corpus Christi and Dallas. So far, they’ve seized 19 weapons, drugs and other items. The investigation is ongoing.
A total of 42 warrants have been issued, and police say there could be more arrests.
The investigation was a joint effort between the Edinburg Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Drug Enforcement Administration, FBI, ATF and the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office.
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- Supreme Court judge says police did not have sufficient grounds to search a Hells Angels clubhouse
- Two members of a motorcycle club that supports the Hells Angels have been found liable for damages after assaulting and threatening a man.
- Crimes of the Big Motorcycle Gangs
- Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs believe they can operate outside the law – and we’re here to remind them they cannot,
What are the pagans doing in Texas? Man this is a strange new world. It would be something huge to see bandits team up with ha to fend off the Mongols and pagans. Gonna have to make some strong alliances at some point.
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Bandidos have already paired up with HA and brought them into Texas. Bandidos have also been in Oakland with HA. Texas Mongols brought in pagans. Bandidos hold on texas is fading bigtime. Majority of bandidos are mexicans (go figure) and SOA type rich white kid, posers and meth heads that try to bully everyone. They have kinfolk, ghost riders, cossacks, mongols, pagans and a long list of other mcs in texas that are tired of their rules and bs. Bandidos are also full of rats and informants.
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