Viral video claiming to show Hells Angels going to Aurora, Colorado, was actually taken in Brazil and shows the Insanos Motorcycle Club.

Miscaptioned. Video shows bikers at a Pennsylvania charity event in November 2022, not Hells Angels members riding to Colorado in August 2024. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

No, this viral video doesn’t show Hells Angels members traveling to Aurora, Colorado. It shows a caravan of riders participating in an Insanos Motorcycle Club event in Brazil back in July.

VERDICT Miscaptioned. The video dates to 2015 and shows bikers in Mongols motorcycle club gear in California, not Hells Angels bikers riding to Aurora, Colorado, in 2024.

The videos used as "evidence" either didn't show the Hells Angels or were taken months ago. One video from July shows motorcyclists participating in an Insanos Motorcycle Club event in Brazil.

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Cub began in Fontana, Calif., in 1948, at a time when military surplus made motorcycles affordable and the placid postwar years left many veterans bored and itching for ...