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Brazilian soldier is jailed for 20 years for providing surveillance to the countrys most dangerous gang by patrolling the streets in his uniform Ex-Army soldier Manoel Resende will be spending the next 20 years of his life in prison for aiding Brazils largest criminal organization  The 26-year-old provided training to members of the Primeiro Comando da Capital [PCC] or First Command of the Capital Resende, who had been out of the military for four years, used his experience to provide surveil...

A riot sparked by gang members left six prisoners dead in Paraguay on Tuesday At least three of the inmates were found decapitated after order was restored As many as 18 guards, including eight on-duty, were held hostage at the Tacumbu National Penitentiary The incident was attributed to infighting among members of the Rotela Clan after officials discovered an escape plot involving their leader, Armando Rotela Jail officials also learned that a prisoner identified as Orlando Benítez, who in Ja...

While unrest gripped much of Latin America in 2019, it was the coronavirus that took center stage and ripped through the region in 2020, upending everything

Replies(4) A gang member from Somerville was sentenced to nine years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. (Shutterstock) SOMERVILLE, MA — A Brazilian gang member living in Somerville was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday for his role in a series of kidnappings and armed robberies, the U.S. Attorneys office said. Breno Henrique DaSilva, 22, is a member of Primeiro Comando da Massachusetts (PCM), a Brazilian gang believed to be behind drug and weapons dealing, robberies, kidna...

“Organized crime groups are for-profit business enterprises,” Elvis Secco said. “To combat them, we have to defund them.” Before being appointed to lead the organized crime division at Brazil’s Federal Police in 2019, Secco gained national recognition for dismantling a money-laundering unit of Brazil’s largest criminal organization, the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC. While authorities were busy looking for drugs, the PCC had been actively laundering money in Londrina, Paraná,...

comments Wellington Alves and Daiane Dias were assassinated Sunday in the Brazilian border city of Ponta Porã, across from the Paraguay city of Pedro Juan Caballero The execution took place across the street from Amambay Hotel Casino, which is located in Pedro Juan Caballero  Alves and Dias were leaving a parking lot on the Brazilian side of the border when gunmen opened fire from the Paraguay and escaped Alves had been arrested in 2014 for trafficking 1,102 pounds of marijuana, but told aut...