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In congress and you commit a crime, that doesn't mean every congressman committed a crime. >> reporter: some experts, however, say violence and criminality are baked into the dna of the bandidos noting they plot being 1% apart from the 99% law-abiding bikers. >> 1% is a -- first of all, it's a symbol that they wear on their colors both physically and symbolically. it used to be the extreme, the most dangerous, and the most absolute of the outlaw bikers. >> reporter: the bandidos biker gang or motorcycle club as they call it was founded here in texas, in 1966 by a disillusioned vietnam war vete...

We've got a crash course in the last couple of days in outlaw biker culture. joining us now, skip hol yinsworth, executive editor of texas monthly magazine. he's written extensively about outlaw motorcycle gangs, especially the bandidos. you've been following this investigation, talking to sources. what are you hearing about this shoot-out? >> well the most recent information is that of the nine who were shot seven or eight were cossacks and one or two were bandidos. so the cossacks were a young gang or club that -- based mostly in east texas, made up of a new group of upstart generation of bi...

Angels to be the biggest and baddest motorcycle gang. >> the bandidos are often involved in various drug trade, guns weapons, extortion, prostitution stolen goods. those are their main areas of criminality. >> and a part of that battle is which gang can rack up the biggest war chest. >> nick valencia joins us now. if this criminal activity is so pervasive within the bandidos and has gone on for so long how can law enforcement have not completely cracked down on them like they have organized crime in other groups? >> anderson experts we've spoke to say while they are an organization each chapte...