Família do Norte
{{Short description|Brazilian crime family}}
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{{Infobox criminal organization
| name = Família do Norte
| founded = 2007
| founding_location = Manaus
Amazonas
| years_active = 2007-present
| territory =
| leaders = {{flatlist|*José Roberto Fernandes Barbosa}}{{cite web|url=https://istoe.com.br/os-donos-do-crime/|title=Os donos do crime: Marcola, Beira-Mar e Zé Roberto da Compensa |publisher= Istoé |date= 6 January 2017|accessdate=2022-07-21}}
| ethnicity = Brazilians (predominantly), Colombian, Peruvians and Venezuelan
| activities = Murder, drug trafficking, assault and terrorist activities
| allies = Comando Vermelho (before July 2020){{Cite web|url=https://todahora.com/com-guerra-entre-fdn-e-cv-compensa-lidera-mortes-em-manaus/|title=Com guerra entre FDN e CV, Compensa é o bairro que mais registra mortes em Manaus|date=August 10, 2020|website=TODA HORA}}
| rivals = Comando Vermelho (after July 2020), Guardiões do Estado, Primeiro Comando da Capital{{Cite web|url=https://ubajaranoticias.com.br/2018/01/29/faccoes-criminosas-pcc-cv-e-fdn-fazem-pacto-para-acabar-com-gde-no-ceara/|title=Facções criminosas PCC, CV e FDN fazem pacto para acabar com GDE no Ceará}}
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The {{lang|pt|Familia do Norte}} (Northern Family) is a criminal faction that occupies northern Brazil and some regions in other countries such as: Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. It is considered the 3rd largest faction in Brazil, and the largest in the state of Amazonas, in addition to not having good relations with other Brazilian factions, having already entered into several faction wars.{{Cite web|last=Segundo|first=iG Último|date=2021-10-07|title=Saiba quais são as principais facções criminosas do Brasil|url=https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/policia/2021-10-07/saiba-quais-sao-as-principais-faccoes-criminosas-do-brasil.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Portal iG|language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web|last=Rizzi|first=Rícard Wagner|date=2020-05-29|title=Facção Família do Norte (FDN) — história e análise|url=https://faccaopcc1533primeirocomandodacapital.org/2020/05/29/faccao-familia-do-norte-fdn-historia-e-analise/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Primeiro Comando da Capital ☯ Facção PCC 1533 ☯|language=pt-BR}}
The group was created in 2007 by Fernandes Barbosa, Zé Roberto da Compensa and Gelson Carnaúba (known as Mano G.), it emerged in prisons and outskirts of Manaus, as a way of fighting to prevent the precarious and dangerous conditions that affected prisoners in Manaus.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-06|title=Familia del Norte - FDN|url=https://es.insightcrime.org/noticias-crimen-organizado-brasil/familia-del-norte-fdn/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=InSight Crime|language=es-ES}} Between 2015 and 2018, the Familia do Norte and the Comando Vermelho formed an alliance to prevent the advance of the Primeiro Comando da Capital in Amazonas, generating the War between the PCC and CV in 2016.{{Cite web|last=A|first=G.|date=2016-11-01|title=Família do Norte, a facção que fez a guerra entre o PCC e o Comando Vermelho|url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2016/10/25/politica/1477406310_192891.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=El País Brasil|language=pt-br}} In 2018, the alliance dissolved, generating a confrontation between the Comando Vermelho and Familia do Norte, weakening the faction.{{Cite web|title=Rompimento entre FDN e Comando Vermelho pode deixar rastro de mortes em Manaus|url=https://www.portaldoholanda.com.br/cv/rompimento-entre-fdn-e-comando-vermelho-pode-deixar-rastro-de-mortes-em-manaus|access-date=2021-12-20|website=www.portaldoholanda.com.br|language=pt-br}} The Familia do Norte also has its football team: Compensão, in which it has already invested 320 thousand reais (55 thousand dollars).{{Cite web|last=A|first=G.|date=2017-01-03|title=Facção tem time de futebol campeão e opera rotas de tráfico internacional|url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2016/10/25/politica/1477400440_482245.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=El País Brasil|language=pt-br}}