Mongols Motorcycle Club Members & Ruben Cavazos Arrested!
Mongol motorcycle gang members were arrested Tuesday by federal agents in six states following a three-year investigation in which undercover agents had infiltrated the motorcycle gang.
The Mongol’s motorcycle gang’s national president, Ruben Cavazos, was among those arrested.
Hoffman said the Mongols had been getting members of Los Angeles street gangs to help in their operations. The Mongols are primarily Latino and formed because the Hells Angels refused to allow Hispanic members.
The agents were required to live away from their families in homes set up to make it look like they lived a Mongols lifestyle, Hoffman said. Four undercover women ATF agents also were involved in the operation, pretending to be biker girlfriends and attending parties with the agents; women are not allowed to become full members of the gang.
To be accepted in the gang, the ATF agents had to run errands and were subject to a background check by private detectives.
Cavazos wrote a memoir titled “Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol,” published by HarperCollins in June.
At least 22 motorcycles were on display outside the Los Angeles Police Department’s main building Tuesday morning.
