On November 28, 2000, Richard "Dick" Mayrand of the Montreal Hells Angels called George Wegers, the president of Bandidos USA, to discuss a meeting in the Peace Arch Park on the U.S-Canadian border. At the subsequent meeting, Mayrand told Wegers that the Hells Angels considered all of Canada to be "theirs", and would not welcome the Bandidos coming to Canada. On 1 December 2000, the Rock Machine joined the Bandidos, with the Loners providing security at the ceremony in Vaughan where the Ontario Rock Machine bikers formally took on the Bandidos patches. Unlike the Hells Angels, those bikers joining the Bandidos had to enter as "prospect" members regardless of what their membership had been in the Rock Machine, which was considered very off-putting. Shortly afterwards, Faucher was arrested on charges of importing cocaine into Canada and the new president of Bandidos Canada became Alain "Red Tomato" Brunette.