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Being a prospective or former member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is enough to warrant the deportation of a non-citizen, the Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled in a case that declares the bikers a criminal organization.

The decision comes as the government steps up use of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, rather than just criminal charges, to tackle gangs; at least four Hells Angels have now been deported from Canada for membership in a criminal organization.

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Alejandro Mariano Chung, 43, a citizen of Chile who came to Canada in 1979 but never obtained Canadian citizenship, is the latest man tied to the world’s largest and most notorious biker gang to be deported for his involvement with the bikers.

Mr. Chung had started the arduous process of becoming a full member of the Hells Angels in its Manitoba chapter.

Highly regimented, the international club requires recruits to first be named an official friend, then as a hang-around and then a prospect. Successful candidates may then become “full-patch members” and get the distinctive patch of a winged skull to be worn on the back of a jacket.