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It was founded by an expelled member of the first faction, who  already had cocaine distribution connections in various locations across the south american continent - he formed an illiance with another notorious and wanted criminal figure of rio de janeiro.

This was an important coalition formed in the hope of diminishing the power of the dominant faction - an undertaking that caused the leader of the group to eventually be killed in prison during a rebellion led by interned members of the rival gang. arrow-back       arrow-forward

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