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56 KILLED, MANY BEHEADED, IN GRISLY BRAZIL PRISON RIOT
Sao Paulo, Brazil - A prison riot in the Brazilian Amazon has left at least 56 people dead with some bodies decapitated and burned, officials said... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO TRANSFER GANG LEADERS AFTER PRISON MASSACRE
Four inmates were found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus on Monday... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL CITY OF MANAUS
In another prison in Amazonas, 87 inmates escaped in the first hours of Monday, Fonte said... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN GUN BATTLE AT VENEZUELAN PRISON
Fighting erupted between inmates and security forces in the prison in the city of Puerto Ayacucho, in Amazonas state... READ MORE›
BRAZIL TO TRANSFER GANG LEADERS AFTER PRISON MASSACRE
Four inmates were found dead in another prison in the rural area of Manaus on Monday... READ MORE›
BRAZIL PRISON RIOT KILLS MORE THAN 50 IN AMAZONAS STATE
More than 50 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, officials say... READ MORE›
MANAUS RESIDENTS LIVE IN FEAR AFTER PRISON BREAKS
Between January 2-9, another 10 inmates were killed in smaller prison clashes in Amazonas and the northeastern state of Paraiba... READ MORE›
DEADLY BRAZIL PRISON RIOT UNDER CONTROL, OFFICIALS SAY
Inmates stand in their cell in the Pedrinhas Prison Complex, the largest penitentiary in Maranhao state, on Jan. 27, 2015 in Sao Luis, Brazil... READ MORE›
NEW BRAZIL PRISON CLASH KILLS FOUR IN AMAZON REGION
56 killed, many beheaded, in grisly Brazil prison riot Five days later, PCC members killed 33 people at a Roraima state prison... READ MORE›
BRAZILS DEADLY PRISON RIOT IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A BIGGER DRUG GANG WAR
Historically, the Sao Paulo-based PCC has largely left Rio de Janeiro's lucrative drug trade in the hands of the Red Command, Muggah explained... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED AND WOUNDED IN ALCACUZ PRISON RIOT
The outbreak of violence at Brazil's prisons began January 1, when 56 inmates were killed in the northern state of Amazonas... READ MORE›
SEARCH FOR FUGITIVES AFTER DEADLY JAIL RIOT IN AMAZONAS
Police in northern Brazil are searching for dozens of inmates who escaped from an overcrowded prison complex during a riot that left 56 dead, officials say... READ MORE›
'BARBARIC' DISMEMBERMENT MARKED LATEST BRAZIL PRISON MASSACRE
This is a national crisis, said Uziel Castro, security secretary of Roraima, where the latest massacre happened... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 60 INMATES KILLED IN PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL
Brazilian state authorities say at least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern state of Amazonas... READ MORE›
GANGS CLASH INSIDE BRAZIL PRISON WHERE 26 MASSACRED THIS WEEK
Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in northeastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 60 INMATES KILLED IN PRISON RIOT IN NORTHERN BRAZIL
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian state authorities say at least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern state of Amazonas... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN GRUESOME BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
33 inmates were killed in a northern Brazil prison just days after 60 were killed at two prisons in a neighbouring state... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
Authorities said that clash involved the First Command and Red Command, which has its base in Rio de Janeiro... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S POLICE CONFIRMS DEATH OF BRITISH KAYAKER IN AMAZON
The head of the Amazonas state police homicide division told The Associated Press that Emma Tamsin Kelty was killed after being robbed... READ MORE›
GANG FIGHTING KILLS AT LEAST 10 BRAZILIAN PRISON INMATES
Prison violence has killed at least 89 inmates in brazil this month... READ MORE›
INMATES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL PRISON RIOT TO BE MOVED TO FEDERAL INSTITUTION, AUTHORITIES SAY
He said there was a link between the killing of 56 inmates in a penitentiary in Manaus, the state capital, and four deaths in a smaller prison... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA OPPOSITION TAKES CONTROL OF CONGRESS
Venezuela's frustrated opposition supporters were glued to television and radio sets, delighted as they watched top Socialist Party leaders being publicly accused of corruption and mismanagement... READ MORE›
ESCAPEES TAUNT BRAZIL POLICE AS MANHUNT FOR 144 CONTINUES, PRISON MASSACRE PERPETRATORS FACE TRANSFER
In all, 184 inmates escaped from two prisons in Amazonas state as a local drug gang took gruesome revenge on members of a rival gang, authorities said... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 60 INMATES DEAD AFTER PRISON RIOT IN BRAZIL
At least 60 inmates have died during a prison riot in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas, including several who were beheaded or dismembered, officials have said... READ MORE›
56 INMATES LEFT DEAD AFTER BRAZILIAN PRISON RIOT
There were 1,224 inmates in the prison, which was built to hold 592, Mr Fontes said... READ MORE›
INMATES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL PRISON MASSACRE TO BE TRANSFERRED
The two are clashing over the control of prisons and drug routes in northern Brazil... READ MORE›
HEARTS, INTESTINES RIPPED OUT IN BRAZIL PRISON KILLING SPREE
What we need is the federal government help, said Castro... READ MORE›
BEHEADINGS AS INTER-GANG JAIL RIOT LEAVES AT LEAST 10 DEAD
Inmates beheaded as at least 10 dead as rival gangs fight in brazil prison... READ MORE›
GUNFIGHT AS SPECIAL FORCES STORM VENEZUELA PRISON LEAVES 37 PEOPLE DEAD
At least 37 people have been killed during clashes between armed inmates and security forces at a small prison in southern Venezuela... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 37 DIE IN PRISON RIOT IN SOUTHERN VENEZUELA
So some 33,000 convicted prisoners were being kept in preventative centers like the one in Puerto Ayacucho, alongside people awaiting trial, Nieto said... READ MORE›