6/24/2023 0 Comments Insurgency in americaIn December 2004, members of Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, stopped a bus in Chamalecon, Honduras, and proceeded to massacre 28 passengers. Roughly a year and a half earlier, another Latin American gang staged an even more shocking display of its power and ruthlessness. As one Brazilian security official put it, "The sad reality is that the state is now the prisoner of the PCC." All told, the incident demonstrated that the PCC-rather than the government-effectively ruled large parts of Sao Paulo. The scope of the violence clearly overwhelmed state and local authorities, and order was restored only after negotiations with the gang's leader, a man named Marcola. Over a period of five days, the PCC attacked hundreds of public buildings and private businesses, murdered policemen and civilians, and brought life in South America's largest city to a standstill. In May 2006, a previously obscure gang known as the First Capital Command (PCC) threw Sao Paulo into chaos. Third-Generation Gangs and Criminal Insurgency in Latin America (Full PDF Article) Third-Generation Gangs and Criminal Insurgency in Latin America
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