The Red Command (Comando Vermelho) is Brazil’s oldest criminal group, created in a Rio de Janeiro prison in the 1970s as a self-protection group for prisoners. It started out with low-level crimes like muggings and bank robberies, but in the 1980s the group moved into the cocaine trade, working with Colombian drug cartels and taking on a social leadership role…
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Manaus, the economic heart of Brazil’s Amazon, has come under siege from the Red Command gang after the killing of…
The stranger burst into the house, staggering and leaving a trail of blood behind him. He ran into the back,…
Criminal dynamics in Brazil, particularly its drug trafficking routes, have been shaken up in recent years by the rapid expansion…
Paraná is a hub for drug trafficking. Vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana enter the state from Paraguay, via the…
Mato Grosso do Sul is among Brazil’s most strategic states for transnational crime.
Paraguay has long been a key link in South America's drug trafficking chain, but has grown in importance with the…
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