Before the forming of the Bahala Na Gang, Divino had a brother known as "Emong" who at an early age of 13–14 was most feared in the area, known for his fighting skill, and was notorious for targeting and killing police officers.
This was rooted from his early trouble with the police, when he was arrested and tortured (including the use of electricity on his genitals), allegedly in order to secure his conviction.
The earliest members were hardcore street fighters who were loyal to Emong; their main goal was merely to protect them from terror from other gangs.
There was evidence of torture and most likely suffered a painful slow death, believed to be in connection with some kind of 'unfinished job' he made for one influential person of power.
July 10, 1961, saw the highly-documented murder of Bahala Na Gang member, Roberto Monreal, who was forced to fight to a last stand after being cornered in the Manila City Jail by criminals Ramon Narciso y Contreras, Elias Gloria y Bernardino, Francisco Celso y Garcia and Rufino Peña y Guevarra.
Younger members, however, are the ones most likely to commit violent acts to prove themselves, often forming the muscle of much of the gang's drug and weapons trafficking activities.
[7] At one point in the summer of 1990, a gang fight participated by a dozen BNG members at a taco stand killed two people and injured five.
[8][2] A well-publicized case involving the gang happened in July 2007 when BNG members Matthew N. Anderson, Jason R. Rodriguez and William K. Taylor attacked and almost mutilated a 15-year-old boy.
[9] The fight started when the victim insulted the gang on social media, prompting the three (and another accomplice) to confront the boy.
Since President Rodrigo Duterte started his drug war in 2016, the Bahala Na Gang became one of the highly sought-after criminal groups in the conflict.
On August 17, 2017, 25 alleged criminals were killed in separate police shootouts and drug busts, one of them a member of the gang.