The US is now using the ‘terrorist’ label to interfere in Brazil’s election

CC) originated in the prison systems of São Paulo, while the Comando Vermelho (Red Command) emerged from Rio de Janeiro's penitentiary system during the military dictatorship. Over decades, both groups transitioned from prison self-protection gangs into highly sophisticated transnational drug-trafficking syndicates. Their control over domestic prison systems and favelas has long made them central actors in South America'