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“The Western Hemisphere is no longer a safe haven for narco-terrorists who bring drugs to our shores with the aim of poisoning Americans.”
“It’s not just drug traffickers — it’s narco-terrorists bringing death and destruction to our cities.”
“There were more than 60 days of planning. […] It is a State operation against narco-terrorists.”
The first two statements are from United States Secretary of Defense, Pete Hesketh, when detailing American air attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific, suspected of trafficking drugs into his country.
The third is from Governor Cláudio Castro, from Rio, about the police operation in the Alemão and Penha complex, North Zone of the city, which resulted in the death by ambush of 121 people, including Comando Vermelho bandits, suspects and innocents.
And who said so in a message posted in English on X, addressed to secretary Hesketh?
“I heard that there are boats like this here in Rio de Janeiro, in Guanabara Bay, flooding Brazil with drugs. Wouldn’t you like to spend a few months here helping us fight these terrorist organizations?”
It was Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), Zero One, you know who, as a state deputy, he decorated militia members and pocketed part of the salaries of employees in his office – the famous rachadinha scheme.
Medical report on Ronnie Lessa, confessed killer of councilwoman Marielle Franco (PSOL), shows that Bolsonaro, father, was responsible for nominating him for treatment at the Brazilian Rehabilitation Charitable Association in 2009, when the former military police officer was the target of an attack.
All good people, as you can see.
It is possible that Flávio also heard that Castro, an aspiring candidate for senator in the next elections, has been campaigning for at least six months with Donald Trump for the United States to declare Comando Vermelho a narco-terrorist organization, subject to sanctions.
In the document entitled “Strategic Analysis: Inclusion of the Red Command in US sanctions and designation lists”, obtained by journalist Malu Gaspar and sent to the Trump administration last January, Castro argues:
“Comando Vermelho’s increasing sophistication, transnationality and brutality place this organization within the criteria established by US authorities for economic sanctions, terrorist designations and asset blocking.”
The Lula government, according to Malu Gaspar, is opposed to this classification because it fears that it will open space not only for some type of sanctions against companies and banks or even against the Union. If this happens, it could justify more invasive action by the United States on Brazilian territory under the pretext of combating narco-terrorism, as has been happening with Venezuela.
This is what Castro and the right-wing governors who call themselves the “Peace Consortium” want. The correct name would be “War Consortium”. Not only to combat organized crime, but also to try to defeat Lula in 2026.
Federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, known as Zero Three, took leave of office and moved to the United States with the intention of saving his father. There, he advocated against the interests of his country. Trump celebrated tariffs on Brazilian products.
Castro and those who support him follow Eduardo’s example.
