### [2026-05-28](/feed/2026/05/28/index.md)

##### Terrorism in Brazil
# United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio designates Primeiro Comando da Capital and Comando Vermelho, the two biggest drug trafficking-related criminal organizations in Brazil, as foreign terrorist groups. 




### Sources:

1. [AP via ''The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/28/brazil-pcc-comando-vermelho-foreign-terrorist-organizations-trump/25f13ea2-5ae2-11f1-8a9d-afb1148204e1_story.html)
2. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/us-to-designate-two-brazilian-gangs-as-terrorist-organisations)

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