Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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Events and deaths in organized violence, as UCDP records them

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Brazil: events and estimated deaths in September 2024

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 98 events of organized violence in Brazil in September 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 113. UCDP counts 13 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for August 2024 was 101 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Brazil, September 2024 has the 5th highest count of events. Brazil holds 4 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in September 2024.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Brazil, September 2024: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Acre state55
Alagoas state1417
Amapá state33
Amazonas state3336
Bahia state88
Ceará state23
Maranhão state812
Mato Grosso state812
Piauí state1212
Rio Grande do Norte state44
Figure 1. Events in Brazil, September 2024. The map shows 98 events with 113 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Brazil has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Brazil: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of September 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Amigos Para Sempre33
Bonde do Maluco11
Bonde do Maluco, PCC55
Bonde dos 13, PCC55
Bonde dos 401822
Cartel do Norte2426
Comando Vermelho7587
Família Terror Amapá33
GDE12
GDE, PCC44
Massa11
PCC4251
PCM33
Sindicato do Crime44

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 3. Brazil: events by type of violence, September 2024
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict9193%
One-sided violence against civilians77%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Brazil, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202626P29PCandidate Events
August 202632P36PCandidate Events
July 202618P25PCandidate Events
June 202635P41PCandidate Events
May 202626P30PCandidate Events
April 202633P38PCandidate Events
March 202645P55PCandidate Events
February 202648P59PCandidate Events
January 202652P155PCandidate Events
December 20252832GED
November 20252831GED
October 20253635GED
September 20252734GED
August 20255962GED
July 20256178GED
June 20255164GED
May 20258695GED
April 20251820GED
March 20252020GED
February 20254242GED
January 202596106GED
December 2024116132GED
November 2024110120GED
October 2024116127GED
September 202498113GED
August 2024101112GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Brazil: all figures

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ConflictStats. Brazil: events and estimated deaths in September 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/brazil/month/2024-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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