The PCC in Brazil.
Source: InSightCrime

In 2006, a prison gang managed to shut down one of the largest cities in the world. The culprit takes the name of the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), a criminal organization imprisoned with and educated by leftists during Brazil’s past dictatorship (1964-1985). More recently, Sao Paulo’s – or really Brazil’s – overpopulated penitentiary system fueled this organization’s recruitment. Provoked, the state has come face-to-face with a nascent threat, the intellectual convict.

Sitting at a bus stop, one local Paulistano recounted the experience to me first-hand:

“There was a curfew of 6pm, but I paid no attention to this. After having left work, I rode my bike in the street and noticed not a soul in sight. And keep in mind, sir, this is a city notorious for its traffic jams. The city simply shut down, and not because Brazil was playing