Família do Norte
| Founded | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Founders | |
| Founding location | Manaus, Amazonas |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Territory | Main territory: Amazonas, Acre, Pará, Rondônia and Roraima. Significant activity: Venezuela, Colombia and Peru.[2] |
| Ethnicity | Brazilians (predominantly), Colombians, Peruvians and Venezuelans |
| Leader | Zé Roberto da Compensa |
| Activities | Murder, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, robbery and other activities |
| Allies | Comando Vermelho (before July 2020)[3] |
| Rivals | Comando Vermelho (after July 2020), Guardiões do Estado, Primeiro Comando da Capital[3][4] |
The Familia do Norte (Northern Family, FDN) is a criminal faction that occupies northern Brazil and some regions in other countries such as: Colombia, Peru and Venezuela.[2][5] It is considered the 3rd largest faction in Brazil, and the largest in the state of Amazonas, in addition to not having good relations with other Brazilian factions, having already entered into several faction wars.[6] The Familia do Norte also has its football team: Compensão, in which it has allegedly invested at least 320 thousand reais (55 thousand dollars).[7][8]
History
[edit]The group was created in 2007 by Fernandes Barbosa, Zé Roberto da Compensa and Gelson Carnaúba (known as Mano G.), it emerged in prisons and outskirts of Manaus, as a way of fighting to prevent the precarious and dangerous conditions that affected prisoners in Manaus.[9] Between 2015 and 2018, the Familia do Norte and the Comando Vermelho (CV) formed an alliance to prevent the advance of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in Amazonas, generating the War between the PCC and CV in 2016.[10] In 2018, the alliance dissolved, generating a confrontation between the CV and Familia do Norte, weakening the faction.[11]
The faction has, in recent years, largely declined in the state, with many of its members joining CV.[12] The conflict between both factions reached its height in 2019, when Roberto da Compensa, João Branco and Gelson Carnaúba, the three founders of the organization, entered into a dispute over control of the faction, leading to internal conflicts and turf wars which resulted in several deaths in Manaus.[13] On February 2020, CV took control of various neighborhoods in Manaus as the faction faced a series of internal disputes and assassinations, with many members being killed or switching sides to join CV and PCC.[14] The Compensa neighborhood (where Zé Roberto is originally from) registered at least 52 deaths during this period, with the city of Manaus itself having registered over 400.[3]
Many members, such as Mano G himself, ended up joining the CV during the disputes, further weakening the faction.[15] Roberto da Compensa's son, known as "L7", later became the leader of the organization, which was renamed to "Cartel do Norte" (Cartel of the North; CDN).[16] While it retained much of the faction's members, many still left to join either PCC or CV, especially after L7 was killed in 2022 by members of a rival organization.[17] Many members were also killed in prison riots and turf wars with PCC and CV, with some leaving to join a CV splinter group known as "Revolucionarios do Amazonas" (Revolutionaries of Amazonas; RDA), which later joined PCC in the state.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Os donos do crime: Marcola, Beira-Mar e Zé Roberto da Compensa". Istoé. 6 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
- 1 2 Jozino, Josmar (18 October 2016). "Guerra no crime: PCC começou hoje a rastrear os membros do CV em São Paulo" [War on crime: PCC began tracking CV members in São Paulo today]. Ponte Jornalismo. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Com guerra entre FDN e CV, Compensa é o bairro que mais registra mortes em Manaus". TODA HORA. August 10, 2020.
- ↑ "Facções criminosas PCC, CV e FDN fazem pacto para acabar com GDE no Ceará". Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ Junior, Jose Divanilson Cavalcanti; Soares, Lúcia Dídia Lima (2016-10-31). "CRIME ORGANIZADO: UMA NOVA LUTA PELO DOMÍNIO DA TERRITORIALIDADE". Revista de Sociologia, Antropologia e Cultura Jurídica (in Portuguese). 2 (1). doi:10.26668/IndexLawJournals/2526-0251/2016.v2i1.382. ISSN 2526-0251.
- ↑ Segundo, iG Último (2021-10-07). "Saiba quais são as principais facções criminosas do Brasil". Portal iG (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ A, G. (2017-01-03). "Facção tem time de futebol campeão e opera rotas de tráfico internacional". El País Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.estadao.com.br. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ "Familia del Norte - FDN". InSight Crime (in European Spanish). 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ A, G. (2016-11-01). "Família do Norte, a facção que fez a guerra entre o PCC e o Comando Vermelho". El País Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ "Rompimento entre FDN e Comando Vermelho pode deixar rastro de mortes em Manaus". www.portaldoholanda.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ Redação (2021-02-26). "Secretário do AM diz que facção regional quase acabou e que 99% dos presos agora são de facção do Rio". 18 Horas | Últimas notícias de Manaus, Amazonas e do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2019/06/04/com-disputa-e-traicoes-fdn-perde-forca-na-guerra-contra-cv-e-pcc-no-am.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Comando Vermelho toma Manaus em meio a onda de assassinatos". GZH (in Portuguese). 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ Caboco, Portal (2020-12-16). "Desembargador manda soltar Gelson Carnaúba, número 1 do Comando Vermelho (CV) no Amazonas". Portal Caboco (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ "'L7', filho de 'Zé Roberto da Compensa' tinha extensa ficha criminal; veja". Portal de Notícias D24am - Amazonas (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-06-23. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ and Redação (2021-09-22). "Zé Roberto vira evangélico e L7 desiste do CDN". Portal Mário Adolfo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ and Redação BMA (2023-05-15). "Vídeo: Na briga CV x PCC, conselheiro troca de facção e comemora com fogos em Manaus". Portal Mário Adolfo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-05-29.