Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangsters accused of ordering Catholic churches to close

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The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

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10/07/2024 12:00

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Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangsters accused of ordering Catholic churches to close

 

10/07/2024 12:00 // The Guardian newspaper: International | guardian.co.uk

Bible-bashing drug boss accused of targeting Afro-Brazilian religions and Catholic congregations

Reports that a powerful Rio drug lord known for his extremist religious beliefs ordered Catholic churches near his stronghold to close have spooked worshipers and security experts and exposed the advent of a “narco-pentecostal” movement made up of heavily armed evangelical drug traffickers.

Claims emerged in the Brazilian press over the weekend that Álvaro Malaquias Santa Rosa – a notorious gang boss known as Peixão (Big Fish) – had determined that three places of worship should shut down in and around the agglomeration of favelas that he controls in northern Rio.

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