Founded | 1 January 2016 |
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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 Guardiões do Estado (in English: Guardian of the State), 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. [6]
The faction was founded on January 1, 2016, in the community of Conjunto Palmeiras. [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 Massacre of Cajazeiras. [10] [11]