Exclusive — U.S. State Department to Designate Brazil's Top Criminal Gangs as Terrorist Groups
The State Department will announce on Thursday that it is planning to designate Brazil's two most powerful organized criminal syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Capital Command, or PCC), as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated intelligence & security brief. The source report from Breitbart says: The State Department will announce on Thursday that it is planning to designate Brazil's two most powerful organized criminal syndicates, the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Capital Command, or PCC), as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
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- Primary source: Breitbart
- Published: May 28, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Intelligence & Security
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