Marcola
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April 13, 1968
"Playboy"
"Russo"
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| Born | Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho April 13, 1968 |
| Other names | "Marcola Camacho" "Playboy" "Russo" |
| Known for | Leader of the Primeiro Comando da Capital |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Predecessor | César "Césinha" Augusto Roris da Silva José "Geleião" Márcio Felício |
| Criminal charges | Drug trafficking and smuggling, money laundering, murder, organized crime, bank robbery, terrorism |
| Criminal penalty | 232 years imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Spouse | Cynthia Giglioli da Silva (m. 2007) |
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho (born 13 April 1968), also known as Marcola, is a Brazilian drug lord and the current leader of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), the largest Brazilian criminal organization and prison gang according to a 2012 Brazilian Government report; it is based in the state of São Paulo. Marcola is currently serving 234 years in prison. With a net worth of over US$20 million, Marcola is considered to be one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Brazil and in all of Latin America. The investigations that thwarted the plan to rescue Marcola revealed that the PCC leader has a turnover of R$20 million per month, an average of R$5 million per week from private business.[1][2]
Marcola was born in 1968 to a Bolivian father and a Brazilian mother. He began his criminal career as a thief at the age of nine.[3] At 35 years of age, Marcola had already spent half of his life in prison, where he claimed to have read more than 3,000 books (particularly influenced by Dante) and took basic education there.[4] Marcola's brother, Alejandro Juvenal Herbas Camacho Jr., is a criminal associated with the PCC and is one of the most wanted members by the Federal Police, having escaped prison in 2001.