Terceiro Comando
Brazilian criminal organization
Founded | early 1980s |
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Founders | Pianinho and Adilson Balbino |
Founding location | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil |
Years active | early 1980s-present |
Activities | Murder , money collection , violent assault and rape , drug trafficking , arms trade , and bank robbery [1] |
Rivals | Comando Vermelho , Primeiro Comando da Capital |
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]
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]
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