Top-Down Peace, Bottom-Up War: The Collapse of Brazil’s Gang Alliance

Top-Down Peace, Bottom-Up War: The Collapse of Brazil’s Gang Alliance

Top-Down Peace, Bottom-Up War: The Collapse of Brazil’s Gang Alliance The imperfect peace established in February between Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups has become a failed truce after just two months, as local rivalries trump national orders.On April 28, the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) declared on social media that the truce with the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) was over as a result of clashes between …