El Forastero Motorcycle Club
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| Founded | 1962 |
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| Founder | Tom Fugle and Harlan "Tiny" Brower |
| Founded at | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Type | motorcycle club |
Region served | Midwestern USA |
| Membership | 100[1] |
Key people | David Mann |
| Website | elforasteromc |
El Forastero Motorcycle Club (EFMC) is a one-percenter motorcycle club[2] which was established after being turned down for a chapter by the Satan Slaves MC. The El Forasteros are well known for their criminal activities, and are considered by law enforcement to be among the many second-tier, after the "Big Four", outlaw motorcycle clubs.[3][4]
Its early members included the biker artist Dave Mann. The name of the club means "the outsider" in Spanish.[5]
The club was founded in 1962[6][7] by Tom Fugle and Harlan "Tiny" Brower [8] has chapters in Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, and Missouri [9] and close links to the Galloping Goose MC.[10]
Some of the club members have been found guilty for the crimes motorcycle theft [11] and for transporting and distributing methamphetamine after members testified the club members pooled money to buy narcotics for consumption at their organized events.[12][13][14][15]
El Forastero member William Eneff received a sentence of seven years in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. According to the US Department of Justice, Eneff, "admitted that members of El Forastero and the affiliated Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club were required to annually pay dues and attend a certain number of motorcycle trips, known as runs, each year. On each run, the members were required to pay money that was pooled, or collected by each club charter, then forwarded to the specific Galloping Goose or El Forastero charter that hosted the particular motorcycle run in order to purchase methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Those drugs were maintained in run bags, which were distributed to all club members who attended the run."[15]
An editorial by Mark Sheehan in the St. Joseph News-Press expressed wonderment at the advanced age of the "dangerous motorcycle gang", the El Forasteros, noting that among one group indicted on methamphetamine charges in 2006, "the ages of these rebels on wheels range from 51 to 60". Indicted El Forastero Larry D. "Eight Ball" Williams was at age 60 a "card-carrying member of AARP." Sheehan said, "My deepest concern is that we are stuck in a psychological rut. We are determined to live in the 1960s when motorcycle gangs were cool."[16]
References
- ↑ Bryan Noonan (June 30, 2005), "Live Free & Die", Kansas City Pitch, archived from the original on October 6, 2012
- ↑ "The Pitch News Kansas City". Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ↑ Martin, Jeff (October 8, 2011). "Ganging up on motorcycle gangs". The Examiner (Missouri). Archived from the original on November 10, 2011.
- ↑ Mallory, Stephen (2007), Understanding Organized Crime, Jones & Bartlett Learning, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-7637-4108-2
- ↑ The One Percenter Encyclopedia: The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite. Bill Hayes. MotorBooks International, December 15, 2011
- ↑ KC Outlaw Bikers Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ David Mann Eulogy
- ↑ Throttler Magazine Archived May 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Biker News Archived April 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos - Bikers United Against the Hells Angels. Edward Winterhalder, Wil De Clercq. ECW Press, June 1, 2008
- ↑ Chanen, David (April 9, 1998), "9 arrested in alleged motorcycle theft ring; An estimated $785, 000 worth of stolen Harley-Davidson motorcycles and parts were recovered during a half-year investigation", Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN: Star Tribune Co., p. B9
- ↑ Chanen, David (April 9, 1998), "19 motorcycles, parts recovered (and hidden) by sheriff, Harley hogs most enticing for thieves", St. Paul Pioneer Press, MN, p. 3D Metro
- ↑ Rizzo, Tony (October 17, 2006), "Biker gang linked to meth ring: Six members or associates of El Forastero are charged with trafficking", The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO, p. B2
- ↑ Noonan, Bryan (June 30, 2005), "Live Free & Die. After Kansas City's first generation of outlaw bikers rides off into the sunset, who will replace them?", The Pitch, Kansas City, MO: Village Voice Media, archived from the original on January 3, 2011,
Later, though, Shifty would spend seven and a half years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. ('Actually, I was transporting it,' he says.)
- 1 2 Motorcycle Club Member Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy, US Department of Justice, December 21, 2009, archived from the original on May 29, 2011
- ↑ Sheehan, Mark (November 12, 2006), "Danger: Psychological rut ahead", St. Joseph News-Press (General OneFile), St. Joseph, Missouri