São PauloWashington labels Brazil’s biggest gang a terror group.
Its sanctions can reach favela residents in Brazil who pay gangs for water.
US law criminalizes material support broadly enough to cover anyone who pays a listed group for basic services.
Candidates in next month’s vote have not said who they expect prosecutors to actually charge.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime
- analyzes how US terrorist designations of PCC and Red Command reshape Brazil's presidential campaign public security messaging
Sources: InSight Crime