Terceiro Comando Puro is a Brazilian
criminal organization in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
. They split from the
Terceiro Comando in 2002.
Group activity is concentrated in the northern and eastern areas, specifically the neighborhood of
Senador Camará,
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References
Organized crime groups in Brazil
2002 establishments in Brazil
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