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Terceiro Comando

Terceiro Comando, known by the acronym TC, was a Brazilian criminal organization engaged in drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro. It was founded in the early 1980s and is a break-away faction of the Comando Vermelho.

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Terceiro Comando
Foundedearly 1980s
FoundersPianinho and Adilson Balbino
Founding locationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Years activeearly 1980s-2006
Membershipdrug trafficking, arms trade, and bank robbery1
RivalsComando Vermelho

Terceiro Comando (Portuguese for Third Command), known by the acronym TC, was a Brazilian criminal organization engaged in drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro.1 It was founded in the early 1980s1 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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References

  1. Uppsala Conflict Data Program Conflict Encyclopedia, Brazil Archived 2019-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, non-state conflict, Comando Vermelho - Terceiro Comando, Actor Information
  2. "Facções" (in Portuguese). April 15, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.