The Department of Justice on Wednesday said it was stepping in to stop a years-long turf war waged on the streets of Houston by the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Club. The war – sanctioned by the group’s national leadership – resulted in the deaths of at least two men,

Fourteen members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and Mascareros Motorcycle Club are facing criminal charges in the justice department's crackdown of the rivalry that's resulted in two deaths.

Federal authorities have indicted 14 people believed to be affiliated with a violent biker gang in the Houston area.