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Operation Ivan: Inside the FBI’s Massive Mongols MC Sting

Operation Ivan: Inside the FBI’s Massive Mongols MC Sting One of the most violent motorcycle gangs in America was bedlam in leather when undercover agents invaded. Under the code name Operation Ivan the F.B.I. and the ATF spent more than two years infiltrated to the core in the clandestine world of the Mongols motorcycle club: attending meetings, sipping the outlaw kool-aid, betting it all. What came out was evidence of murder, drug running, gun hoards and freezing loyalty tests such as polygraph tests at gunpoint. But the actual twist? Informants and betraying the gang, infiltration. In conclusion, more than 50 members were arrested in Southern California. With treachery and deceit, Tonight, we retrace the turns, techniques and triumph of a sting that sliced the Mongols to the bone. The Operation Ivan Gets Underway Operation Ivan was an ambitious and very well-planned sting attempt by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) in the late 1990s. Its goal? To penetrate and destroy the Mongols Motorcycle Club--a murderous, notorious secretive outlaw biker club. The operation started when undercover ATF agent William Queen posed as a prospect and adopted the alias of Billy St. John became a prospect of the San Fernando Valley chapter of the Mongols. In the course of almost 28 months, the Queen gained their trust, went to their meetings and slowly turned out to be their secretary-treasurer. His job was to live as a Mongol, get first hand access and write about their inner workings not merely to observe. Risks were enormous--a single mistake and you are dead. But what Queen discovered was a world where brotherhood, intimidation, and blood loyalty did obey. His tapes, journals, and actions would become the basis of a federal take down operation that would shake biker culture years into the future Through the Polygraph In order to gain the trust of the Mongols, Queen needed to pass through one of the most vivid and out-of-the-book lie tests. This polygraph, unlike the police type, was carried out by the investigators of their own gangs, that is, the Mongol members with strong experience and suspicion. Immediately prior to winning the trust of the inner circle, Queen was forced to endure armed, nerve-wracking, and emotionally exhausting interrogation sessions. A member in charge was standing behind him during the test with a hand at his holstered gun ready to pull the trigger in case Queen tripped. These polygraphs did not only check loyalty- they were psychological warfare to intimidate and roust out undercover agents. Queen needed to practice his backstory many times and be totally collected under immense pressure. The turning point was passing the test. Since then he was regarded as one of the Mongols who got access to their criminal activities. Daniel Herrera was murdered. There are several crimes that the Queen got to witness, the most chilling one being the murder of Daniel Herrera. Mongols member Adrian Gutierrez “Panhead ” attacked Herrera in November 1999 outside a motel in Southern California. The homicide was done not in the heat of the moment but it was a bitter and brutal attack with a knife and fists. The reason, as reported later on by Queen and after further investigations, was outrageously petty as Herrera had apparently made a joke that Gutierrez did not like. To the Mongols, the world is where disrespect is a license to violence. Following the murder, Gutierrez was ushered in as a hero in the club. He was given a skull and crossbones patch, the morbid award that was given to denote a gang killer. The documentation and book of Queen assisted federal prosecutors in associating the Mongols with the murder and established that the code of crime included much more than Drugs and Weapons, it also consisted of cold-blooded execution as a sign of pride.