US Labels Brazil’s Two Main Drug Gangs as Terrorist Groups (2)

The US will designate Brazil’s two main organized crime groups as terrorist organizations, a move that will likely reignite tensions between Donald Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday that the US will apply the label to the Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, and the Comando Vermelho, or CV.

“The Trump administration will continue to use all available tools to protect our nation and our national security interests by keeping illicit drugs off our streets and disrupting the revenue streams funding violent narco-terrorists,” Rubio said in a statement.

The PCC ...