Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil

Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil (Ansar al-Khilafah Brasil, أنصار الخلافة البرازيل) was a loosely knit and disorganized terror cell and organization that had connections to the Islamic State.

History
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. Through Telegram, the group would disseminate Islamic State propaganda in Portuguese, this included the 14 issues of the Islamic State online magazine, Dabiq.

In the same month of the threats, 10 members of the group would be arrested in conspiracy of the threat.

In September 2016, 8 more members would be arrested for their support of the Islamic State and planning on an attack against Brazil, with one of the members buying an AK-47 from Paraguay, 4 more would be 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.