The American immigration police (ICE) announced, this Monday (15), the arrest of a former leader of the criminal factions Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), following a persecution in North Carolina. Felipe Linares De Oliveira Dell Aquilla, known as "Don," had an Interpol search and arrest warrant from Brazil on charges of "criminal association" and "extortion," according to an ICE statement. The fugitive was trying to flee by car to Mexico, when he was intercepted at a traffic control in the city of Mooresville. Dell Aquilla kept his wife kidnapped in the car, according to authorities. While trying to escape, the former criminal boss had an accident and was captured. A gun, cash and cellphones were found in the vehicle, according to the news release. On May 28, the United States designated the PCC and CV as terrorist organizations, despite opposition from the Brazilian government. The two groups emerged in Brazilian prisons and spread throughout the country and beyond its borders. Currently, they are the most powerful organized crime and drug trafficking factions in Brazil and control extensive urban areas in the country.