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US to Designate 2 Major Brazilian Gangs as Terrorist Organizations, Rubio Says

The designation, which targets PCC and Comando Vermelho, allows the United States to freeze assets and bars Americans from providing support.
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US to Designate 2 Major Brazilian Gangs as Terrorist Organizations, Rubio Says
Residents surround the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 29, 2025. Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo
Kimberly Hayek
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The United States on Thursday designated two of Brazil’s most powerful criminal organizations as terrorist groups.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move in a statement posted to X.
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Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.