Notorious drug trafficker Eweline Passos Rodrigues, known as the “Blonde Devil”, was shot dead and her body dumped in the street after reportedly defecting to a rival gang
A notorious drug trafficker known as the “Blonde Devil” was brutally executed after allegedly changing allegiances between gangs.
Eweline Passos Rodrigues, 28, was shot dead on Thursday August 14 and her body discarded in the street, wrapped in a sheet and missing part of her head, following reports of intense gunfire in the area. She was swiftly identified by a large back tattoo filled with gang symbols.
Her suspected defection made her a target for the Comando Vermelho (CV), who had previously killed three members of the Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP) two months prior, and warned her that she would be next.
Eweline eerily once posted on social media: “I don’t surrender alive, I only leave in a coffin.”
She was wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants for drug trafficking and organised crime and had already been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison but was evading capture.
In 2023, she was reportedly found with seven kilos of cocaine, and in June this year, she was allegedly filmed shooting at police officers.
Born in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, she survived an attempted femicide in 2022 when her ex-partner allegedly stabbed her, puncturing her lung.
After fleeing to Rio de Janeiro, she joined the feared CV (Red Command) and soon began flaunting rifles and pistols on social media. However, she later defected, pledging loyalty to rival faction TCP (Pure Third Command).
Following her switch, she marked her allegiance with a gang tattoo across her back, as reported by NeedToKnow. Investigators believe she was deliberately targeted due to her change in loyalties.
She was deliberately targeted by her former comrades amid almost daily skirmishes between the two factions. Police are now apprehensive about potential new violence in retaliation for her death, as reported by Need to Know.
This comes after a pregnant teenager was abducted, tortured, murdered and decapitated by a Mexican drug cartel, who left her head in a cooler to send a message.
Noemí’s head was discovered in Tabasco amid escalating gang violence that continues to terrorise the region. This gruesome discovery follows unresolved questions surrounding the abduction and murder of Irma Hernández Cruz in Veracruz.
On Thursday, July 24, a white Styrofoam cooler was found abandoned on the Vía Corta Cunduacán–La Isla highway, near the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco. Inside, police found a human head encased in a black bag, accompanied by a threatening message penned by a local criminal group.
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