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What is an outlaw motorcycle gang?

What is an outlaw motorcycle gang?
INVESTIGATION. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG RIDE HOME. WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STATE LOOKING FOR THEM. THOSE ARE THE WORDS NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE CHIEF TIM JOHNSON HAS FOR ANYONE WITH RETALIATION ON THE MIND AFTER A MASS SHOOTING ROCKED RED RIVER. THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. ALL ATTRIBUTE TO A GANG DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BANDIDOS AND WATER DOGS THAT STARTED THREE HOURS SOUTH. IT WAS IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND WHAT WE’RE BEING TOLD IT WAS OVER. SOMEBODY TAKING A PICTURE WITH A DIFFERENT GANG. IT’S SOMETHING AS STUPID AS THAT CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS THE MASSIVE POLICE RESPONSE AT THE 41ST ANNUAL RED RIVER MOTORCYCLE RALLY SATURDAY. NOW A BEEFED UP LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE LEFT OVER CRIME SCENE TAPE AND THREE KILLS OTHERS IN THE HOSPITAL. THREE PEOPLE NOW FACING CHARGES. CHIEF JOHNSON IDENTIFIED 30 YEAR OLD JACOB CASTILLO, A RIO RANCHO MAN AND AN ALLEGED WATER DOG GANG MEMBER, CHARGED WITH MURDER STARTED WITH WORDS INITIALLY, THEN TURNED INTO A FIGHT WHICH THEN TURNED TO SHOTS. FIRE. TWO TEXAS MEN ALSO ARRESTED 41 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER GARCIA AND 39 YEAR OLD MATTHEW JACKSON. INVESTIGATORS SAY ONE OF THEM IS A LOCAL BANDIDO LEADER IN TEXAS. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THEY HAVE EVERYONE INVOLVED, BUT EARLY SUNDAY STILL GOING THROUGH THE SCENE LITTERED WITH HUNDREDS OF MOTORCYCLE CYCLES, CARS AND BULLET CASING THINGS. THANKFULLY, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, SO FAR, NO INNOCENT FOLKS WERE HURT. YOU KNOW, JUST GANG BANGER ON GANG BANGER. THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE THE LEADING AGENCY IN THIS INVESTIGATION, JOINED BY OTHER LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FBI. AND TODAY IN THAT PRESS CONFERENCE, IT SOUNDED LIKE INVESTIGATORS, THEY ARE PUSHING FOR MO
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What is an outlaw motorcycle gang?
After a deadly shooting in Red River that killed 3 and injured 5 others, New Mexico State Police say the shooting happened between, who they call two outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Bandidos and the Waterdogs. But what is an outlaw motorcycle gang? The U.S. Department of Justice identifies an outlaw motorcycle gang as an organization whose members use motorcycle clubs for criminal enterprises. Video above: Here's what we know about the shooting in Red RiverThe DOJ says outlaw motorcycle gangs are highly structured criminal organizations who's members could engage in criminal activities. Those criminal activities identified by the Department of Justice include violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking. There are more than 300 active outlaw motorcycle gangs in the United States, according to the DOJ. The DOJ has identified the Bandidos, one of the gangs involved in the Red River shooting, as an outlaw motorcycle group.

After a deadly shooting in Red River that killed 3 and injured 5 others, New Mexico State Police say the shooting happened between, who they call two outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Bandidos and the Waterdogs.

But what is an outlaw motorcycle gang?

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The U.S. Department of Justice identifies an outlaw motorcycle gang as an organization whose members use motorcycle clubs for criminal enterprises.

Video above: Here's what we know about the shooting in Red River

The DOJ says outlaw motorcycle gangs are highly structured criminal organizations who's members could engage in criminal activities. Those criminal activities identified by the Department of Justice include violent crime, weapons trafficking, and drug trafficking.

There are more than 300 active outlaw motorcycle gangs in the United States, according to the DOJ. The DOJ has identified the Bandidos, one of the gangs involved in the Red River shooting, as an outlaw motorcycle group.