A wanted drug trafficker nicknamed the ‘Blonde Devil’ was executed in cold blood after reportedly switching gangs.
Her suspected defection put her firmly in the sights of the Comando Vermelho (CV), who killed three Terceiro Comando Puro (TCP) members two months ago.
It warned her she would be next.
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Eweline Passos Rodrigues was shot dead last Thursday (14 Aug) night and her body dumped in the street, wrapped in a sheet and missing part of her head, after locals reported intense gunfire.
The 28-year-old was quickly identified by a sprawling back tattoo filled with gang references.
Eweline – who once posted on social media, “I don’t surrender alive, I only leave in a coffin” – was wanted on three outstanding arrest warrants for drug trafficking and organised crime.
She had already been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison, but was on the run.
In 2023, she was reportedly caught with seven kilos of cocaine, and in June this year was allegedly filmed firing 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 flaunted rifles and pistols on social media.
But she later broke away, declaring loyalty to rival faction TCP (Pure Third Command).
After the switch, she marked her allegiance with the gang tattoo across her back, as reported by Need To Know.
Investigators believe she was deliberately targeted by her former comrades amid near-daily clashes between the two factions.
Police now fear fresh violence to avenge her death.
She is said to have left behind children.
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