Matthew Cox | Inside True Crime Podcast
Inside Outlaw Biker Gangs | ATF Agent Shares Insane Stories
22 Feb 2025
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I didn't, wasn't thinking he's cartel. You know, he's like, I'm not thinking that I'm nobody. He said it wasn't until pounds just kept coming and coming and coming. And I kept thinking I'm on the hook for this. Like now I'm realizing this guy didn't Give me 2,000 pounds on my word. He knows where I live. He knows where my parents live.
These guys are involved in stealing oil from the pipelines. They're involved in cargo shipping. They're involved in extortion. They're involved in, I mean, these guys are in everything and they buy everybody and they don't buy you. They kill you.
Hey, this is Matt Cox and I'm here with Ignacio Esteban and we are going to be talking about biker clubs and the biker wars. So what is the history of bikers? I actually kind of know the history a little bit.
Yeah, Florida's a big state. A lot of rich history there in Florida. I did some cases out there and very interesting. It's currently, it was when I was there, an outlaw state. You're out there in Pasco County and Wesley Chapel. But before it was an open state. before Taco Bowman, who became the head of the outlaws. I want to backtrack a little. I'm going to give you a little history.
People say, what's a 1%-er? Maybe some of you guys don't know what a 1%-er is and the history of the biker world. 1%-er was the term given by the AMA, the American Motorcycle Association, for those who are, it said 99% of those who ride their bikes are law-abiding citizens. They're good people, right? It's that 1% because they're always in mailies and brawls and everything else.
And these outlaws pretty much took it to heart and put the patch on it. This is one percenter. They like to be outsiders. They like to be outlaws. They like to be hell raisers. It's the 1% that make the 99% look bad. Exactly. The bad apples. They love being the bad apple of the bunch. They really enjoy doing that.
And the big five and the big six, if you don't know, which are like, let's just say the major leagues, right? And then there's a lot of minor league clubs out there. Eventually, they recruit and they become the big leagues. You have Hell's Angels, right? You have the Outlaws. You have the Bandidos. You have the Vagos. You have the Mongols, right? And the Pagans.
Those are considered the big six because they really divide the country in regions and they fight within themselves to take over. And what are they fighting for? It's all about local drug areas, drug territories where they can sell and make money. The bikers really is an American phenomenon that started in this country after the Second World War. We have World War II veterans.
We're looking at a way to express in... Because you're in combats against the Nazis or Japanese, right? You come back to the US and you say, you can't just go back to normal life when you did that for five, four years or what have you, right? You want to have some excitement. So it starts that way and then it builds out and gets bigger.
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