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Hell's Angels: authorities feared multiple killings in at the Faro bikers’ festival

HellsAngelsLogoThe Judicial Police and the Security Intelligence Service feared violent clashes at the Faro bikers’ festival on July 19th to 22nd so worked in unison to avoid shootings and fights.

The authorities predicted retaliation from the Bandidos gang against the Hell's Angels following violence in March at a Prior Velho restaurant when several Hell’s Angels members attacked a rival gang and members of the Nova Ordem Social (NOS).

The SIS had been informed that members of the Bandidos had been in Faro and suspected that they were hiding weapons in advance of the festival.

Agents also were concerned of the possibility of the Bandidos entering the Faro bikers’ festival site with vans hired in Spain to run down members of the Hell's Angels.

The SIS said the risks called for measures to be taken to protect potential victims - other motorists and families who have nothing to do with the warring groups.

The investigation of the Hell's Angels, authorised by the Central Department of Criminal Investigation and Action and the National Counter-terrorism Unit of the Judicial Police, have seen the arrest of 59 defendants, one was detained in Germany

The defendants are indicted for criminal association, attempted murder, robbery and drug trafficking.

 

See also: 'Hell's Angels arrested in Faro - part of nationwide operation''

 

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+1 #4 Mike Harris 2018-07-16 14:57
Nova Ordem Social ? Can our Portuguese readership fill us in on this lot ? Are these extra extra-right wing born again fascists - should the last S be for Salazaristas? The Portuguese since 1890 have only ever been seriously nationalistic - Portugal is for the Portuguese (unless you have retired) - and yet proudly carry an inferiority gene. Like the Russian nationalist bikers Putin hangs out, with several hundred Portuguese, even on mopeds and bicycles, this makes for a dangerous combination!
-1 #3 chez 2018-07-16 10:01
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Perhaps I am mean spirited but I would have invited the Banditos, the Outlaws, the Red & Gold, any any others who might eliminate one another.
You forgot to include the alcohol-fuelled British tourists involved in the bar brawl in Albufeira.
-1 #2 Richard 2 2018-07-15 18:59
Apologies. In reading, I missed the final line in the article: "The defendants are indicted for criminal association, attempted murder, robbery and drug trafficking."
-1 #1 Richard 2 2018-07-15 18:53
So the Hell's Angels weren't arrested for criminal activity. They were taken into "protective custody" to ensure their safety.

Perhaps I am mean spirited but I would have invited the Banditos, the Outlaws, the Red & Gold, any any others who might eliminate one another.

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