You can now listen to full episodes of the podcast right from the app. That is the conviction and fine the Mongols are now trying to have set aside. Eyewitness News asked Santillan what he meant in the video about ATF agent Ciccone "protecting him." After Judge Carters ruling, he declared vindication in what he said was a contrived internal political witch hunt to smear my name and to get me dethroned.. Both Mr. Ciccone and the U.S. Attorneys Office declined to comment on the motion beyond the government response filed in court, which said the petition for a new trial was replete with false and unsupported allegations and speculation..
Out Bad Mongol's President "Lil" Dave's Interview - Our Thoughts Now the Mongols want a new trial and say their former president, David Santillan, was a confidential informant for the ATF. Mongols Motorcycle Club Says Its Leader Was an Informant, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/us/mongols-new-trial.html. He was the guy outside all the time providing cover support in case something went wrong with the undercovers.. In court Monday, prosecutors told Judge David O. Carter that retired ATF agent Ciccone will testify that Santillan was never an informant. He is a rat, Mr. Santillans wife, Annie, suggested in a text message that became a key piece of evidence in the case against the group, which was founded in Southern California in 1969 and whose members are mostly Hispanic. In the video, Ms. Santillan was talking to her husband on speakerphone when he told her that Mr. Ciccone was retiring. Michael Tyrone Delaney for The New York Times. For more than two decades, federal law enforcement authorities pursued the Mongols, a notorious motorcycle club whose members had a long history of murder, assault, drug dealing and robbery. He was ready, he said, to get treatment for his drug and alcohol addictions. In 2018, the government scored a victory of sorts. Mr. Santillan provided records from the cases to show he had been convicted of offenses including driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and disturbing the peace, and that he had been arrested, fined and put on probation. 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In the case that led to the racketeering conviction against the Mongols, Mr. Ciccone had acted as the case agent. A petition for a new trial and reversal of the half-million-dollar fine, which is scheduled for an initial hearing on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif., claims that Mr. Santillan, 52, covertly cooperated for years with a special agent from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. After one year he's done and he can't protect me, so we have to have an exit strategy.". Mr. Santillan holding a photo of himself with fellow Mongols members. He's accused of being a confidential informant and working with the government during the Mongols' trial after his wife, Annie, shared a June 2021 recorded phone conversation with other members of the biker gang calling him a rat. She also said in a text message to other Mongols, now filed with the court, that her husband had acted for a time as a confidential government informant. Now the Mongols want a new trial and say their former president, David Santillan, was a confidential informant for the ATF. Chunks of flesh and trails of blood were flying everywhere as he took full swings at attacker after attacker. In the case that led to the racketeering conviction against the Mongols, Mr. Ciccone had acted as the case agent. The Mongols Motorcycle Club was convicted in late 2018 of racketeering and conspiracy. "He's retiring, he's retiring. Ruben Cavazos (born December 28, 1956) is an American criminal, and former International President of the Mongols Motorcycle Club.His autobiography, Honor Few, Fear None: The Life & Times of a Mongol, was published by HarperCollins in 2008. Interview with Former International President LIL Dave from the Mongols MC - Insane Throttle Biker News mongols motorcycle club Interview with Former International President LIL Dave from the Mongols MC November 11, 2021 Live with Former Mongol MC Int. "This was a lifestyle, a culture, and a way of life. I've heard out of his mouth personally a couple of years ago that they were trying to avoid any issues with any clubs and trying to stay quiet as not to bring attention to themselves because of the . "I think they got David in compromising situations," Yanny tells Eyewitness News. It wasnt the entire Mongols Nation that threw him under the bus but a few that fed creators who thought these people were representing the clubs voice. Mr. Santillan has acknowledged that he talked often with Mr. Ciccone for a period of years, usually in the presence of other Mongols members. "I wanted him to feel kind of what I was feeling, the shame and embarrassment and betrayal. ", RELATED: Racketeering verdict in OC might force Mongols biker club to lose logo. told the court that she had checked an agency database containing information on confidential informants dating back to 2002, and that Mr. Santillan did not come up as one. 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Judge Rejects Claim That Mongols Biker Club Leader Was a 'Rat' Self-Improvement. Both Mr. Ciccone and the U.S. Attorneys Office declined to comment on the motion beyond the government response filed in court, which said the petition for a new trial was replete with false and unsupported allegations and speculation.. John looked out not just for me but the club, Mr. Santillan said. There's a new twist in a federal case already marked by murder and mayhem. This is the final statement on this because honestly its mundane and boring. Both men also rejected the claim that Mr. Santillan had revealed privileged defense information to the government while his motorcycle club was on trial. Two years after a federal jury deemed the notorious Mongols Motorcycle Club a criminal organization, attorneys for the club are asking a judge for a new trial accusing its former president of. Prosecutors convinced a jury in California that these crimes were not just the result of individual bikers behaving badly, but the work of an organized criminal enterprise that had participated in a campaign of mayhem. Former Mongols Biker Club Leader Denies He Was Ever a Rat The Mongols Motorcycle Club allege that their former president David Santillan was a confidential informant during their RICO. The present nationwide leaders of the Mongols stated they have been satisfied that the membership's former president, who managed the Mongols' protection workforce, had acted improperly. There could be a particular concern that the defense lawyer was unwittingly receiving directions from someone aligned with the government, he said.
Communications with Mr. Santillan, Mr. Ciccone said, were limited to such matters as ensuring public safety at Mongols events. And he was tireless, Mr. DAlesio said. That quest to seize the Mongols patch was part of a criminal case brought by the U.S. Attorneys Office in 2013 under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. He cant protect me, he told me, so we have to have an exit strategy, he told me, Mr. Santillan, who sounded drunk and sounded distraught, said to her. The biker group hopes to set aside a $500,000 racketeering conviction, alleging that its former president cooperated with the government during a trial. If youre going to listen to a dude that does nothing but market gimmicks AKA CULTURE VULTURE, on YouTube, part of the scene with no time in at all, thats on you. Ciccone said whenever he worked a Mongols event and there was the potential for problems or violence, he would go to Santillan because he's the president of the Mongols and can convey the message to his members. He and his wife, Annie, were estranged after he had an affair. Desperate ideas explained, Memphis Police Department officers were impeding care of Tyre Nichols, EMT says | CNN, Marine Corps eliminating its elite scout sniper platoons. But he concluded that there was insufficient evidence to set aside the convictions, and that the club had made no showing that it was likely to prevail in any retrial. agent over the years because it helped avert trouble.
Ruben Cavazos - Wikipedia Mongols biker club trial: Relationship between head of gang, retired The judge will most likely consider a series of procedural matters on Monday, lawyers said, with additional hearings expected before any final ruling. David Santillan says he was thrown out of the Mongols after a "closed door" meeting where he did not get a chance to refute the allegations against him.
Is Mongols Lil Dave Innocent of Allegations against him? Marshal that Mr. Santillan and Mr. Ciccone had been seen chatting at a Starbucks near the courthouse. The #1 Biker News Website Since 2011-Covering up to minute biker news including Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs & Biker News Worldwide. That is the conviction and fine the Mongols are now trying to have set aside. If youre a rat, youre the scum of the earth, he said in an interview.
I Was a Hells Angel for 40 Years. This is the One Time I Doubted the Now its at a point where guns, instead of fist are used to settle things. Testimony will help determine if Mongols get new trial. David told me that they had been meeting every day at Starbucks before trial until Judge Carter told them not to because a juror saw them together, Mr. Stubbs testified in August. The U.S. Attorney's office asked him whether he is - or ever was - any sort of informant for the ATF or for any state or federal agency. Its a new age now, TIk Toc, FB,IG they are all doing it and worse of all creators on YouTube. In one of them, according to their court papers, Mr. Santillan crashed his Mercedes in 2017 while driving impaired, damaging numerous cars parked on the street.
Mongols motorcycle club says its ex-president was a government - MSN During the almost 13 years he led the Mongols, Mr. Santillan appeared to steer the organization away from its past recruitment of Mexican criminal gang members and a culture of total underworld activity that the feds feasted on, in terms of prosecutions, said William Dulaney, an expert on motorcycle groups who was formerly an associate professor of national security at the U.S. Air Forces Air Command and Staff College.
THE REAL AMERICAN CHOLO: Mongols MC President Lil Dave on - Apple Mr. Santillan said it was ridiculous to think that Mr. Ciccone smoothed things over for him. The Mongols Motorcycle Club was convicted in late 2018 of racketeering and conspiracy. Testimony resumed for a hearing in which a judge will decided if the Mongols Motorcycle Club will get a new trial after being convicted of conspiracy and racketeering in 2018. In the call, David Santillan sobs and says he wants to reconcile. The explosive allegations come after a secretly recorded video. Just my thought as I have no horse in this race, Insane Throttle Support Club Become a member Now, Insane Throttle/Motorcycle Madhouse Radio YouTube and Audio Disclaimer, Meet the Insane Throttle Contributing Columnist James Hollywood Macecari, Motorcycle Clubs Riding Clubs and Associations Near Me Index & Listings, Our Policies here at Insane Throttle Publications.
Never in my life have I ever implicated anybody in the club for some kind of nefarious activity. Both men also rejected the claim that Mr. Santillan had revealed privileged defense information to the government while his motorcycle club was on trial. The original case attracted widespread attention because of the federal governments unusual attempt to force the Mongols to forfeit their rights to the clubs trademarked logo a drawing of a brawny Genghis Khan-like figure riding a chopper while brandishing a sword and thus relinquish a big source of the organizations mystique. On one occasion during the trial, Judge Carter expressed his displeasure to lawyers for both sides after being told by a U.S. At the core of the case was a video of a conversation between Mr. Santillan and his wife that she had passed on to members of the biker club last year, accompanied by a text message in which she told them that her husband had been a confidential government informant. The explosive allegations come after a secretly recorded video surfaced of Santillan talking to his wife about the lead ATF agent on the case -- John Ciccone. The group has about 1,200 members in the United States, most of them Hispanic, and numerous chapters around the world. Mongols biker club is denied new racketeering trial after claims its leader was informant Mongols members walk over the 6th Street Viaduct in Los Angeles. Prosecutors convinced a jury in California that these crimes were not just the result of individual bikers behaving badly, but the work of an organized criminal enterprise that had participated in a campaign of mayhem.
Former Mongols Biker Club Leader Denies He Was Ever a Rat The #1 Biker News Website Since 2011-Covering up to minute biker news including Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs & Biker News Worldwide. Available on GOOGLE PLAY CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FROM GOOGLE PLAY STORE. Representatives from several local law enforcement departments also said they had no such records. A petition for a new trial and reversal of the half-million-dollar fine, which is scheduled for an initial hearing on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif., claims that Mr. Santillan, 52, covertly cooperated for years with a special agent from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Mongols Motorcycle Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for - FBI "It grew to become clear that Dave had betrayed the membership, his oath and all the pieces we maintain sacred," the membership stated in an announcement. The government, in its own appeal, is making another run at the Mongols logo, renewing an earlier request for a narrower forfeiture order that would take away the clubs right to trademark exclusivity over the emblem.
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In 2018, the government scored a victory of sorts. Testimony will reconvene on Friday, July 22, at 7:30 a.m. LA County sheriff's recruits graduate months after Whittier crash, Highways into the San Bernardino Mountains are closed to drivers, LA County passes motion requiring retrofit of some buildings by 2033. ATF officials view Santillan's public declarations about the club cleaning house as hollow words; they continue to treat the Mongols as a serious threat. David Santillan tells Eyewitness News that he was in a "really bad place" when the video was recorded and that he's never been disloyal to the Mongols. The Mongols Motorcycle Club was convicted in late 2018 of racketeering and conspiracy. "The relationship was just cordial, respectful relationship just to keep the peace between us and the club," Santillan said. ", "So, he gave me a heads up and that was it. Marshal that Mr. Santillan and Mr. Ciccone had been seen chatting at a Starbucks near the courthouse. agent. He cant protect me, he told me, so we have to have an exit strategy, he told me, an apparently agitated Mr. Santillan said to her.
Mongols Motorcycle Club says LIL Dave was an informant as they head Now the Mongols want a new trial and say their former president, David Santillan, was a confidential informant for the ATF.The explosive allegations come after a secretly recorded video surfaced of Santillan talking to his wife about the lead ATF agent on the case John Ciccone.Eyewitness News has obtained the video that was recorded in June of 2021 when David Santillan was drunk and despondent. Thats what I meant by protect in the video.. These registrations are something that need to be examined by the circuit, maybe the Supreme Court.. Club attorneys are seeking a new trial, alleging that former Mongols President David Santillan was secretly a government "rat" who served as a confidential informant for a then-agent with the . Clubs used to represent more than territory, it was about freedom and doing what you wanted. Both Mr. Santillan, a Mongols member for almost 25 years who was voted out of the club in July, and the agent, John Ciccone, who retired in December after 32 years at the A.T.F., deny that Mr. Santillan was acting as an informant during the trial, though Mr. Ciccones sworn declaration does not address whether Mr. Santillan had acted as a confidential informant in the past. Anyone can read what you share. She also said in a text message to other Mongols, now filed with the court, that her husband had acted for a time as a confidential government informant.