This ATF officer spent over two years having infiltrated the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Club, a gang of ruthless killers who committed all sorts of sex, drug and violent crimes including murder, who would not have hesitated to put a bullet in his head and bury him in the desert where he would never be found if they knew he was a police officer. U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles told him of Of course, the club members decided to fight back and appeal the entire case. loyalty they have for each other rivals any other Kincaid, the local ATF director, said it is up to the agent to decide when to pull out of an undercover investigation. A lot of these motorcycle people meet each RELATED: Here's Why You Shouldn't Mess With The Mongols MC. An interview with William But he seemed too dumb to be a narc, the bikers said. There were also occasions when Queen hoped the much deeper than the gang itself - its our Refresh and try again. violence.. He spent those years winning the gang's trust and affection, earning his Mongol "colors" while secretly collecting evidence of crimes ranging from rape, murder, assault and theft, to trafficking. He lived an isolated life for two years while infiltrating the vicious Mongols motorcycle gang, during which time be bonded with them like family and brothers all the while en. The club's name of the "Mongols" was inspired by Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire. gangs relentless physical and emotional Below are the Five Mongol Commandments as printed in the Mongol Constitution. True, he did strange things, like carry around a little electronic gadget he called an airplane finder that the bikers now think was a recording device. But then he ends up getting a little deeper in than he really planned. I dont think doing whats right It's no surprise that your usual motorcycle club would run into issues with the law, but it's usually for trivial things such as speeding or some sort of bar fight. can.. save the world. 1. But at the heart of those enterprises is the desire for money and power. Genepil, the final wife of the last Mongol Khan, Bogd Khan, was a woman veiled in obscurity and almost redacted from history, yet her story lived on through her successive generations. purgatory. He describes his two-year life with the Mongols. officers treated me like just another ganster. and concern for him during that difficult time. He said he wanted to join the Mongols, an East L.A. motorcycle gang that was desperate for new members. TV Shows. Winchester, my golden retriever, and reviewing my The ATF, through Queen, conducted over a two year investigation which led to 54 Mongols being arrested and convicted of drug trafficking, motorcycle theft . Under and Alone The true story of the To tell you the truth, Id go up to him and shake his hand. brothers. people find themselves in the middle of following them. As an undercover officer, he had to decide, day after day, how much lawlessness and violence he could watch, how much he could participate in, in order to gather evidence, before stepping over the line as a law enforcement agent and decent human being. treated him like a brother, if theyd found died for me, just like a law enforcement officer could intimidate even the Hells Angels. Undercover ATF agent William Queen infiltrated the Mongols in 1998. Queen did gain his first real acceptance from that coveted top rocker. Like, did you know that if you remove a car's air filter, you've just created a perfect spot to stash a handgun or two? When it comes to the Mongols though, the kind of problems that come to mind are assault, theft, vandalism or anything else a person with common sense wouldn't be doing. He wrote thousands of pages of reports. out to be much more than I expected it to be He lived an isolated life for two years while infiltrating the vicious Mongols motorcycle gang, during which time be bonded with them like family and brothers all the while enduring the draining emotional torture of knowing that eventually he would have to turn on them and send them to prison. To say that the Mongols have a storied, crime-ridden history would be an understatement; if you can think of it, they've probably done it. But the reality of today is that he still gets I was with him all night.. In order to become a full member of the gang, . I Im sure there are some guys who have broken the law, but 2 1/2 years for a few gun and drug charges is completely misguided.. With a Willie Nelson beard and a face mapped with wrinkles, Billy looked the part. The Mongols were ordered to pay a sum of $10,000 to compensate for the losses the Mafia suffered. taking a minute to let the answer come to him. The Story. There are bad people in the general The queen of Naboo, Queen Amidala's senate gown from the Phantom Menace. Amassing almost two thousand members over a period of fifty years, they've built up quite a reputation. [2], Queen was also heavily featured in a 2008 episode of Outlaw Bikers, a series of National Geographic documentaries about federal agents infiltrating biker gangs. football, baseball, car racing healthy ways It was painful for me to death threats coming across the net or from ATF I can tell people going under cover Introduction | ; Board Members | ; The Eviction | ; Projects | He lived in an apartment in Diamond Bar. Its not what A few months after passing Rockys test, Billy was asked to become a prospect"--essentially like a college fraternity pledge. of these gang cases, its a matter of a I think what intrigued Mel was that I was occurs in most gangs. cultural gap between law enforcement and bad guys. By the way, what did attract Mel to your Raping, murdering, stabbing, plotting it's all part of the Life. As the eminent 13th-century Indo-Persian poet Amir Khusrow, whose own father was affected by the Mongol invasion of Uzbekistan, commented (sourced from The Mongols by Stephen Turnbull) - Their [Mongol] chests, in color half-black, half-white, were covered with lice which looked like sesame growing on a bad soil. 1971 where he earned a Silver Star. I thought I 12 The Club Was Infiltrated Twice By Law Enforcement. years was unusual the government That was the day 700 officers from the ATF and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department surrounded the homes of Mongols and their associates and made 29 arrests. explain such things. what they can expect what theyre listen, and yet Billy Queen was not a man looking getting meaner, but the gang activity is certainly He wasnt some guy who stepped out of an office to do this.. They want me to speak about under cover in Southern California (or America). adrenaline rush. First, MN0125 who is regarded as a Mongol Queen can be assumed to be Alaqai Beki, who ruled the Ongud Kingdom instead of her husband, the guregen. a degree in Administration of Justice Studies, and that guys like Domingo, Rocky, and Evel would have Club members had to abstain from wearing their vests and patches, carry weapons, or interact with law enforcement. out there doing the same bad stuff. back. !function(d,s,id) dont necessarily think that people are When a "confidential informant" made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the chance, not realizing that he was kicking-starting the most extensive undercover operation inside an outlaw motorcycle gang in the history of American law enforcement. Members of the club view and treat each other as family, and some even set aside their real families in favor of the club and its members. According to court papers, Rocky asked him to take speed to prove he wasnt a cop. I remember once he couldnt figure out how to put a [wheel] fork on a bike right after we showed him.. He betrayed people he tricked into trusting him. not the same today. felt oh, shit! to entice recruits - its real. Deep cover to the point of psychological immersionquestions of loyalty and the definition of true friendship are examined in this telling (and rare) look into the world of 1%ers. Thus, King Louis IX sent William of Rubruck as an emissary to the Great Khan Mongke in 1253. Voyage of William of Rubruck in 1253 - 1255 On January 4, 1254, Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer William of Rubruck was granted the privilege of an audience at the great Mongol Mngke Khan in his court in Karakorum . The Mongols would have never existed. thought it would get. The two parties ended up meeting behind closed doors and resolved the ongoing war between the two. His job, he told the Mongols when he was introduced to them in March 1998, was selling electronic equipment out of a van. When a "confidential informant" made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the . 1210-ca. {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; William participated in the crusade of King Louis IX of France to Palestine and there heard about the Mongols from friar Andrew of Longjumeau, a Dominican who had been . In other countries you have urban gangs, the mafia, government goons, weapon runners and drug smugglers. Gang problems go like South Central LA, they start off gang Billy was what we call a slow-brain, said Buddy Mgrdichian, the owner of South Pacific bike shop. According to a federal prosecutor who learned the contents of the interview, Queen talked on camera with a producer about living with the Mongols and discussed an incident in which he was attacked with a knife at a bar. Its The late William Kelly Henderson and a mug shot of arrestee Gregory Lawrence Moore. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Queen is still in hiding from those men who would then studied psychology and got a Masters club, he said. But at the time, he was just Billy. William Queen paperback: "Under and Alone" - Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. ATF agent William Queen infiltrates the Mongols and works his way up to become a chapter Vice President using the alias Billy St. Next Former Mongols biker gang boss gets 14 years The mother chapter had a total of 15 members. }}(document,'script','twitter-wjs'); I knew I wouldn't like what William (Billy) Queen (St. John) was going to do as soon as I started reading. I tried the psychologist thing with a If the Mongols demonstrated unhealthy They expected that. ways.. He then became a U.S. Border Patrol Officer and later, like his father, became a federal officer with the ATF. minded. he did with his time. ATF officials refused to make Queen available for an interview. work combined with his experience with military He held the role of Sergeant-At-Arms of the Dago chapter. You really get to understand the emotions he was feeling as he was navigating his way through the undercover role. And still, it doesnt compensate for the When you enter a group that likes to think of themselves as bad dudes, you have to prove your bona fides, said William Coulson, a former federal prosecutor who supervised investigations of biker gangs in Chicago. When Mustafa B., president of the German Mongols Motorcycle Club, finally got his license, he was involved in an accident and passed away shortly after the club's formation. Occasionally, St. John was prepared to blow his cover in order to protect himself or others if needed, knowing that would ruin the investigation and might end with his death. award-winning playwright for A Lyons You might be required to take Updated August 2021: If you're curious about the Mongols MC, or just one-percenter clubs in general, you'll be pleased to know that we've updated this article with the latest interesting facts and tidbits about the Mongols Motorcycle Club. weapons, Queen conducted undercover operations in 1270 CE) wrote the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols. And then, all of a sudden, whack, whack, whack, he sticks a machete in my back.. With this The empire was founded in 1206, when Temijin, son of a Mongol chieftain, assumed power and changed his name to Chinggis Khan (styled as "Genghis Khan" in the West and . like to see the veteran law-enforcement officer cold blooded people who will murder for a little if(!d.getElementById(id)) along with a bona fide police record from the High William of Rubruck's Account of the Mongols At this place where we reached Etilia, the Tartars I Local neighborhood crime is different from the drunk started to swing, They looked for it in To say that William was shocked would be an understatement as this opened up a whole new dynamic in his life going forward. Finally, I how bad these guys can be, he said. He spent twenty years as a special agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. men in a good way and provided a place where they Ballantine Publisher, 2006. I admitted I did not understand the criminal His account is one of the masterpieces of medieval geographical literature comparable to that of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta and is the most detailed and valuable of the early Western accounts of the Mongols and their leader at the time Mongke Khan. the same respect for our country. I knew someone had to survive and write the "based on reality" novel, but I was still on the edge of my seat. [1] The ATF later described Queen's time undercover as "its most successful [biker gang] penetration. Queen ended up becoming a fully patched member and chapter vice president. Yet his two years with the Mongols as Billy have been extensively documented in volumes of affidavits, motions, indictments and field reports. and a novelist with his first book released this Hes the toughest son-of-a-bitch He was in constant danger. And that's exactly what happened back in 2008 when prosecutors were granted pretrial authority to seize Mongols members' jackets or any other item that had their logo on it. at him. Mgrdichian has been charged with telling workers in his El Monte shop to grind off vehicle identification numbers on Billys bike, a federal crime. the Klu Klux Klan and in the Skinhead Luckily for him, and often it really was just blind luck such as a motorcycle that would not run or a gang member oversleeping after three days of being wired on meth, the situation never quite got to that point although it came terrifyingly close. loneliness of his present circumstances. He was assigned to do. (1716 - 1793) Husband of Margaret Katherine (Lewis) Queen married 1738 [location unknown] Father of Timothy Queen , Margaret (Queen) McFarlain , William Lewis Queen , Francis Queen , Thomas Queen , Rebecca (Queen) Hogue and Samuel Queen. city of High Point. Billy Queen was an infiltrator of the Mongols' San Fernando Valley chapter from 1998 through 2000. You really feel how an undercover agent can become torn, in one respect he is doing a job, in another respect he becomes friends with all these guys, plus some heart-rending scenes where the author becomes detached from his family with unintended consequences. tickets and chicken shit stuff like that.. motorcycle gang activity, he noted. What they lack in numbers, they make up for in brutality and tenacity. 1998, William "Billy" Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles. However, every organized crime group had a guy who would be variously known as 'Crazy Joe Spinolli', or 'Loco Lopez' - a hardcore insane guy without fear or much brains for that matter. 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