TY - JOUR
T1 - Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 12 Brazilian Prison Gangs Attack Civil Infrastructure in Fortaleza and other cities in Ceará State
AU - Sullivan, John P.
AU - Bunker, Robert J.
AU - de Arimatéia da Cruz, José
PY - 2019/1/17
Y1 - 2019/1/17
N2 - Violent attacks have rocked the Brazilian state of Ceará as a coalition of gangs — including the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Comando Vermelho (CV), and their local counterparts Guardiões do Estado (GDE), and Família do Norte (FDN) — waged a reprisal against state forces after the new prison administration announced enhanced security measures in the state prisons. The city of Fortaleza has been the focal point of the ‘violent lobbying’[1] Since 2 January, 205 criminal attacks have occurred in 46 cities in Ceará and about 360 individuals have been arrested. Ceara’s security forces have been reinforced with the assistance of the Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF or Federal Highway Police). The attacks have included bombings and arson directed against vehicles (including buses and school transportation), police stations, public buildings, bridges, businesses, and banks.
AB - Violent attacks have rocked the Brazilian state of Ceará as a coalition of gangs — including the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), Comando Vermelho (CV), and their local counterparts Guardiões do Estado (GDE), and Família do Norte (FDN) — waged a reprisal against state forces after the new prison administration announced enhanced security measures in the state prisons. The city of Fortaleza has been the focal point of the ‘violent lobbying’[1] Since 2 January, 205 criminal attacks have occurred in 46 cities in Ceará and about 360 individuals have been arrested. Ceara’s security forces have been reinforced with the assistance of the Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF or Federal Highway Police). The attacks have included bombings and arson directed against vehicles (including buses and school transportation), police stations, public buildings, bridges, businesses, and banks.
KW - Brazilian prison gangs
KW - Ceara state
KW - Civil infrastructure
KW - Fortaleza
KW - Strategic note no 12
KW - Third generation gangs
UR - https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/poli-sci-facpubs/230
UR - https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/third-generation-gangs-strategic-note-no-12-brazilian-prison-gangs-attack-civil
M3 - Article
JO - Small Wars Journal
JF - Small Wars Journal
ER -
