Antônio Maciel Bonfim

Antônio Maciel Bonfim (10 February 1905 – 2 April 1947), also known by the code name Miranda, was a revolutionary militant and the general secretary of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCB) between the years 1934 and 1936.

[4] In September 1930, Bonfim was the secretary of the Workers' Center and was arrested in Alagoinhas, accused of subversive propaganda and establishing clandestine cells in Salvador, Bahia.

[4] Considered at the time as the leader of communism in Bahia, he belonged to the Revolutionary Action League created by Luís Carlos Prestes.

[2] In the first months of 1933, Bonfim participated in a course taught by the Communist International in Brazil, achieving excellent performance, alongside Lauro Reginaldo Rocha.

[3] According to some authors such as Leôncio Basbaum, Edgar Carone, and John W. F. Dulles, Bonfim may have been a police agent infiltrated into the PCB, although this has never been confirmed.