The Guardians of the State (Brazilian Portuguese: ), or the acronym GDE, is a Brazilian criminal faction. It operates in the state of
Ceará
Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...
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It is the 4th largest faction in Brazil and is made up mostly of poorly prepared teenagers,
pre-teens and young adults.
The place or date of origin of the faction is not known for sure, as some sources claim that the faction emerged in mid-2012, others claim that it emerged in 2006, 2015, 2014 or 2016, but the most accepted is that it appeared in 2017, in the community of Conjunto Palmeiras.
Faction power is decentralized, so there is no overall faction leader. Currently, it is known for burning buses, massacres and homicides in the state,
the most notable being the
Cajazeiras massacre.
See also
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Primeiro Comando da Capital
The Primeiro Comando da Capital ("Capital's First Command", , PCC) is a Brazilian organized crime syndicate. According to a 2023 ''The Economist'' report, the PCC is Latin America's biggest drug gang, with a membership of 40,000 lifetime members ...
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Comando Vermelho
Comando Vermelho (, ''Red Command'' or ''Red Commando''), also known as CV, is a Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, protection racketeering, kidnapping-for-ransom, hijacking of armored tru ...
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List of criminal gangs in Brazil
This is a list of criminal gangs in Brazil, of Brazilian or foreign origin.
List
'' Amigos dos Amigos'' (Friends of Friends) – operates in Rio de Janeiro. It began in 1998 when a member of was expelled from the organization for ordering ...
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References
Drug cartels in Brazil
Terrorism in Brazil
Organized crime groups in Brazil
Prison gangs
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