Mais ao Sul: os coletivos criminais e os territórios-rede do tráfico de drogas ilícitas na fronteira do Brasil-Uruguai

Abstract

Criminal collectives involved in the trafficking of illegal drugs, popularly known as “factions”, emerged as organized structures in Brazil, mainly at the end of the 20th century. Thus, this activity starts to be structured having as one of its pillars the construction of multiscale logistics chains and, in this context, the state of Rio Grande do Sul gains prominence in the 21st century due to the existence of groups that begin to articulate trafficking in several areas of the state. From this perspective, the general objective of this dissertation is to analyze drug trafficking and its relationship with the formation of territories-network by criminal groups on the border between Brazil and Uruguay, seeking to understand the territorializing strategies produced by these groups and the impacts on the region. As a methodological proposal, the research is divided into stages: the first focuses on the bibliographic review of books and academic works that deal with the basic concepts of the research. Afterwards, a survey of data was carried out in official sources about the criminal indicators of the border municipalities. In conjunction with this moment, we used the hemerographic methodology to carry out the collection of information in reports from local and regional newspapers that deal with the object of this research. As a third step, a questionnaire was applied to public security agents working in the border region. Finally, data tabulation, analysis and spatialization were performed. As a result of the research, we can understand that drug trafficking in the state is territorialized in border municipalities between Brazil and Uruguay unequally, with different functions.