Several Pillagers were members of a mercenary group led by Sudao and were active in Panama. In 1939, the band of pillagers was hired by Magnus Völler to help keep Indiana Jones from using the Jade Sphere in the Mayan ruins in Panama. Some of the pillagers helped to set fire to the Jungle Village and began harassing the local indigenous people, who had known Professor Charles Kingston. Other pillagers attacked Jones in the jungle, and through several sets of Mayan ruins, including one where they had set up a camp. In the end, their weapons and fists were no match for Jones.