3 Key Leaders Of Bandidos Motorcycle Gang Arrested In Texas

Texas and federal authorities arrested three top leaders of a Texas motorcycle gang Wednesday on federal racketeering and drug distribution charges relating to a war with a rival biker gang, a press release from the U.S. District Attorney’s Office said.

The key, ranking members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization are accused of “directing, sanctioning, approving and permitting other members of the organization to carry out racketeering acts including murder, attempted murder, assault, intimidation, extortion and drug trafficking to protect and enhance the organization’s power, territory, reputation and profits.”

These three were arrested:

• National President Jeffrey Fay Pike, 60, from Conroe
• National Vice President John Xavier Portillo, 56, from San Antonio
• National Sargeant at Arms Justin Cole Forster, 31, from San Antonio

During the course of the “war,” the indictment says, gang members were involved in murder, robbery, extortion and selling meth.

Read the full indictment, which includes details of the gang war, below: