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BRUNO BRUNO CONVERSATIONS WITH A BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER Robert Gay Duke University Press Durham and London 2015 © 2015 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-f ree paper ∞ Typeset in Quadraat by Graphic Composition, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Gay, Robert, 1958– Bruno : conversations with a Brazilian drug dealer / Robert Gay. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5841- 1 (hardcover : alk. paper) isbn 978- 0- 8223- 5849- 7 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978- 0- 8223- 7577- 7 (e- book) 1. Bruno, 1967– 2. Drug dealers—Brazil—Biography. 3. Comando Vermelho. 4. Organized crime—Brazil. 5. Drug tra<c—Brazil. I. Title. hv5840.b6g39 2015 363.45092—dc23 [B] 2014034851 Cover: The Corridor, photo by André Cypriano. For Mum and Dad CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Tra<cking 7 2. Things Come Undone 29 3. The Family 47 4. The Devil’s Cauldron 63 5. On the Run 85 6. Paradise Lost 109 7. The Leader 135 8. Judgment Day 175 Postscript 195 Timeline of Events 201 Notes 203 Bibliography 215 Index 219 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Bruno, first and foremost, for making this book a pos- sibility. I can honestly say I never saw it coming. I would also like to thank Lucia and her family for their friendship and generosity over the years. My only hope is that someday I can repay you. Otherwise, my thanks go to Bill McNally and Neville Thorley for their enthusiastic reading of an early version of this manuscript; Raquel Heidorn for her invaluable help with transcription; my friends at the David Rocke- feller Center for Latin American Studies for their support; Luis Eduardo Soares, Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos, Javier Auyero, and Bryan McCann for their time and insights; and Gisela Fosado and Lorien Olive at Duke for just about everything else. Finally, I’d like to thank my family, past, present, and future, for all their love, patience, and understanding.
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