Terceiro Comando Puro

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Terceiro Comando Puro

Founded	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Founder	Nei da Conceição Cruz, "Facão"[1]
Founding location	Maré, Rio de Janeiro
Years active	2002 – present
Territory	Brazil
Leader(s)	Thiago da Silva Folly Álvaro Malaquias Santa Rosa [pt] Bruno da Silva Loureiro Marcelo Santos das Dores Rafael Alves
Activities	drug trafficking,[2] murder, assault, and extortion[citation needed]
Allies	Bonde do Maluco [pt][3]
Rivals	Amigos dos Amigos,[2] Comando Vermelho, Primeiro Comando de Vitória [pt][4]

Terceiro Comando Puro (Pure Third Command) is a Brazilian criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro that split off from the Terceiro Comando (TC) in 2002 due to disputes about TC's affiliations with the Amigos dos Amigos gang. TC weakened while TCP strengthened and eventually absorbed its parent group's members. TCP is primarily involved with drug trafficking.^[2]

The faction continues to operate against the Comando Vermelho in regions outside Rio de Janeiro, including the Brazilian states of Amazonas,^[5] Ceará,^[6] and Bahia,^[7] and in Vitória, Espírito Santo.^[4]