FBSP Map Finds Criminal Factions in Nearly Half of Amazon Municipalities, CV Dominant

Overview

• The mapping shows faction presence in 344 of 772 municipalities in the Amazônia Legal, a 32.3% jump from 2024.
• The CV operates in 286 municipalities and dominates 202, while the PCC appears in 90; researchers identify 17 active groups, including cross-border actors like Tren de Aragua and ex-FARC factions.
• The Alto Solimões on the Brazil–Colombia–Peru frontier emerges as a central trafficking corridor, with CV hegemonic on river routes as PCC expands clandestine air links.
• Researchers detail a trafficking–environment nexus in which illegal mining, timber and predatory fishing finance operations and entrench territorial control.
• Social harms are acute, with 13,312 sexual-violence reports in 2024—77% involving victims 14 or younger—while the regional violent-death rate fell to 27.3 per 100,000 but rose in Maranhão.