Terceiro Comando
Terceiro Comando (Portuguese for Third Command) is a Brazilian criminal organization engaged in drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro.[1] It was founded in the early 1980s[1] and is a break-away faction of the Comando Vermelho.[2]
| Founded | early 1980s |
|---|---|
| Founders | Pianinho and Adilson Balbino |
| Founding location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Years active | early 1980s-2006 |
| Membership | , drug trafficking, arms trade, and bank robbery[1] |
| Rivals | Comando Vermelho, |
The Terceiro Comando has fought several small-scale conflicts (in 2001 and 2004) with the rival gang Comando Vermelho.[1]
The organization has no sole leader and is instead a horizontal reciprocity based network that helps member-gangs in different favelas as they attempt to acquire drugs and guns.[1]
References
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program Conflict Encyclopedia, Brazil, non-state conflict, Comando Vermelho - Terceiro Comando, Actor Information
- "Facções" (in Portuguese). April 15, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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