Beirada is a minor villain from Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2), appearing in the flashback scene that serves as the plot device for the movie. He was portrayed by Brazilian singer Seu Jorge. Beirada was a boss drugs dealer imprisoned in the maximum security prison “Bangu 1”, in the Rio de Janeiro. He commanded a criminal organization known as “Comando Vermelho” (Red Command, one of the biggest criminal organizations in Rio), and even inside the prison was able to control the drugs dealing business through his underlings. He starts a riot, with the connivance of some wardens, killing the boss from a rival faction who was also imprisoned and setting his body on fire, then taking hostage the members of the rival faction. Nascimento, who was promoted Colonel in the time between the two movie