Gakiya’s aggressive investigations into the gang have turned him into its greatest adversary. Court records show the PCC has monitored his movements and dispatched detailed orders to carry out ...

The Washington Post also interviewed 53 people, including Indigenous leaders and PCC gang members, as well as environmental, ...

Since 2002, the PCC has been led by Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, known as Marcola, or “Playboy.” Though he has been in prison for half his life (serving a forty-four year sentence for bank ...

the PCC Chile branch is headed by Juan Bayron Nataly Santander, alias “Pelado,” backed by Brazilian Lucas Leonardo de Oliveira Santos, known as “Negrinho.” The gang is said to be seeking ...

Gilberto Aparecido Dos Santos, alias “Fuminho,” is a close ally to the leadership of Brazil’s largest and most powerful criminal organization, the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – ...

Tuesday’s operation was the latest attempt to bring the PCC to heel. The gang has grown rapidly in recent years, and investigators say it has come to control cocaine and gun shipments into ...