Can the left’s return to power leverage organized crime?

In the span of two weeks, the country watched in astonishment as criminal factions returned to the national news. The question that remains is: could the return to power of the left, with a long history of inability to deal with public security, end up contributing to the growth of violence practiced by these criminal organizations? Three facts compound this concern.

In Rio Grande do Norte, the war between the PCC and the Crime Syndicate got out of control, unleashing a wave of violence in the streets and PT governor Fátima Bezerra had to ask the Lula government for help, which announced millionaire investments in policing and prisons locations.

Meanwhile, Minister Flávio Dino, of Justice and Public Security, visited the Nova Holanda favela, in Complexo da Maré, in Rio de Janeiro. The site is dominated by the Red Command and the Pure Third Command. Dino said he went there to talk to community leaders and NGOs that criticize police violence.

What shocked the most, however, was the Federal Police operation that dismantled a plan by the First Command of the Capital, the PCC, to kidnap or kill Senator Sergio Moro (União-PR) and prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya, the main investigator of the faction. paulista.

Questioned about the plan, President Lula said it was all a setup. The next day, the details were released: the criminals had been following Moro since September and wanted to take him hostage and then use him as a bargaining chip to rescue Marcola, the top leader of the PCC.

The suspicions of links between the political world and the factions are old. In this episode, Renan Ramalho, Paula Marisa, Flávio Gordon and lawyer Adriano Soares da Costa recall and comment on facts that marked the rise of criminal groups under the nose of the State.