Guardiões do Estado

Also known as: GDE, Guardians of the State
Based in BrazilDefunct2017-presentSourcesGuardiões do EstadoGuardiões do Estado

Brazilian criminal faction operating in the state of Ceará, founded around 2017 in the Conjunto Palmeiras community. It is the 4th largest faction in Brazil, composed mostly of poorly prepared teenagers and young adults. Known for bus burnings, massacres, and homicides, including the Cajazeiras massacre. Its internal structure is decentralized with no single leader.

CRIMENET has extracted 30 linkages for this organization, including 15 cooperative ties across 6 organizations, 11 conflicts across 4 organizations and 4 other connections.

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