The group gained prominence in 2016 after pledging their allegiance to the
Islamic State group and threatening the
2016 Olympic Summer Games in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, they were the first jihadi cell in South America to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State. Through
Telegram, the group disseminated Islamic State propaganda in Portuguese, which included 14 issues of the Islamic State online magazine,
Dabiq. In the same month of the threats, 10 members of the group were arrested in
conspiracy of the threat. In September 2016, 8 more members were arrested for their support of the Islamic State and planning on an attack against Brazil, with one of the members buying an
AKM from
Paraguay, 4 more were under investigation. In 2018, the group attempted to re-establish itself as a
sleeper cell, but all 11 members were arrested after
WhatsApp messages between them were leaked to the Brazilian police. == References ==