Guardiões do Estado

Brazilian criminal organization

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Criminal organization

Guardians of the State
Guardiões do Estado
Marking the territory of the criminal faction
Founded	1 January 2016
Founding location	Conjunto Palmeiras, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Years active	2016-present
Territory	Ceará, Brazil
Activities	Murder, drug trafficking, extortion, assault and rebellion
Allies	Terceiro Comando Puro,^[1] Primeiro Comando da Capital^[2]
Rivals	Comando Vermelho, Família do Norte^[3]

The Guardians of the State (Brazilian Portuguese: Guardiões do Estado), or the acronym GDE, is a Brazilian criminal faction. It operates in the state of Ceará.

It is the 4th largest faction in Brazil and is made up mostly of poorly prepared teenagers,^[4] pre-teens and young adults.^[5] One of the main reasons would be the lack of monthly fees.^{[clarification needed]}^[6]

The faction was founded on January 1, 2016, in the community of Conjunto Palmeiras [pt].^[7]^[8]

Faction power is decentralized, so there is no overall faction leader. Currently, it is known for burning buses, massacres and homicides in the state,^[9] the most notable being the Cajazeiras massacre [pt].^[10]^[11]

References

^ Paiva, Thiago (June 19, 2021). "GDE na espreita para retomar territórios perdidos" [GDE on the lookout to retake lost territories]. Bemdito (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ Dalapola, Kaique (July 9, 2018). "PCC não entrou em guerra contra aliada no CE por ser menor, diz MP" [PCC did not go to war against its ally in the EC because it was smaller, says MP]. Noticias R7 (noticias.r7.com) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão Record SA. R7. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Facções criminosas PCC, CV e FDN fazem pacto para acabar com GDE no Ceará" [Criminal factions PCC, CV and FDN make pact to end GDE in Ceará]. Ubajara Notícias (ubajaranoticias.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ubajara Notícias. January 29, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Saiba quais são as principais facções criminosas do Brasil" [Find out which are the main criminal factions in Brazil]. iG Último Segundo (ultimosegundo.ig.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Internet Group do Brasil Ltda. iG Último Segundo [iG Last Second]. October 7, 2021. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ Redação [Editorial] (April 22, 2017). "GDE: a facção que arregimenta adolescentes e adultos jovens" [GDE: the faction that recruits teenagers and young adults]. Diário do Nordeste (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Nordeste. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ Túlio, Demitri; Ribeiro, Cláudio (April 21, 2017). "Inimigos ainda desconhecidos" [Enemies still unknown]. O Povo + (mais.opovo.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). OP+. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ Bedinelli, Talita (March 26, 2018). "Fortaleza sitiada" [Fortress under siege]. El País Brasil (brasil.elpais.com) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Ediciones El Pais, SLU. Archived from the original on July 2, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "GDE é facção nova e tem 'crueldade como marca', diz sociólogo" [GDE is a new faction and has 'cruelty as its hallmark', says sociologist]. Noticias R7 (noticias.r7.com) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão Record SA. GÊNCIA ESTADO [State Agency]. January 27, 2018. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2022. GDE has Ceará as its main focus of activity
^ Sisnando, Jéssika (May 30, 2017). "Ação de facções extrapola presídios e afeta comunidades" [Action by factions goes beyond prisons and affects communities]. O POVO+ (www.opovo.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). OP+. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Facção assume autoria de Chacina das Cajazeiras; Facção rival promete revanche" [Faction assumes authorship of Chacina das Cajazeiras; Rival faction promises revenge]. Tribuna do Ceará (tribunadoceara.uol.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Tribuna do Ceará. January 28, 2018. Archived from the original on January 28, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ Rizzo, Marcel (February 5, 2018). "Grupo que aterroriza CE tem exército de jovens e poder descentralizado" [Group that terrorizes CE has an army of young people and decentralized power]. Folha (www1.folha.uol.com.br) (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2022.