An assassination bid survivor turned drug trafficker dubbed the 'Blonde Devil' is being hunted by police after being identified at a gang shootout.

Eweline Passos Rodrigues, 28, turned to hardcore crime after her former partner tried to kill her three years ago.

Now, the police in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, have on 10th July issued a most wanted poster on the gun-toting drug suspect, urging associates to turn her in.

Picture shows Diaba Loira (right), undated. She is wanted after breaking with the Comando Vermelho and aligning herself with another fraction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)

Rodrigues is linked to the notorious drugs and arms trafficking group Terceiro Comando (Third Command).

And she often posts photos of herself wielding military grade assault rifles and machine guns, clad in combat gear and offset with dayglo painted fingernails.

Local media reports say she once swore: "I'll never give myself up alive. I'll only leave in a coffin."

Picture shows a poster for Diaba Loira (right), undated. She is wanted after breaking with the Comando Vermelho and aligning herself with another fraction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)

Police said they were close to arresting her in a shootout in the city, but she managed to escape.

Prosecutors say there are three outstanding arrest warrants against Rodrigues, reports local media, one for a conviction with a six-year jail sentence.

(Joseph Golder / newsX)