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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 02 February 2018
BRAZIL: Guardians of the State expanding
“God protects us so that we can protect the favela,” reads a slogan spray painted on the walls of the Cidade Jardim slum, located in Fortaleza, the capital of the north-eastern state of Ceará. At every street turn are the letters GDE – in reference to local criminal organisation Guardiões do Estado (GDE), or Guardians of the State. Having already seized control of the Cidade Jardim, the GDE has set its sights on acquiring more territory. It is vying for control of the drugs trade in the whole of Ceará, with murderous consequences.
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