SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced the national president of the notorious Bandidos biker gang to life plus 10 years in prison for directing a violent racketeering and drug trafficking enterprise.
Jeffrey Faye Pike of Conroe, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday. The 63-year-old leader of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization was convicted with Vice President John Xavier Portillo (pohr-TEE'-yoh) of San Antonio in May after a lengthy trial in San Antonio.
The jury convicted Pike and Portillo of racketeering conspiracy, murder conspiracy, racketeering assault, murder racketeering, extortion and weapons violations. Portillo also was convicted of another racketeering murder count, drug trafficking and drug trafficking conspiracy, and another weapons count. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 20 years Monday.
The case arose from the 2006 killing of Anthony Benesh.
