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  "textContent": "A Brazilian prison gang that once fought for soap and mattresses now has a North American division. In the Wall Street Journal , Samantha Pearson charts how Brazil's First Capital Command, or PCC, has quietly grown into what some prosecutors call the Western Hemisphere's largest criminal group, with an estimated 40,...",
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