Brazil Prison Riots

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  Brazil Gang Members Behead Rivals In Jail Riot While Guards Look On

  As the prison burned and inmates screamed, the guards stood in their tower, clutching their guns, watching the hellish scene unfold.

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  57 Killed, Several Beheaded In Clash Between Rival Gangs In Brazil Prison

  A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails.

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  Clashes Between Prisoners In Brazil Jail Leave 15 Dead: Official

  Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said.

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  Brazil Jail Riot Likely Killed More Than 30: Police

  The latest prison riot in northern Brazil is thought to have killed more than 30 people, some of them beheaded, officials said Sunday, tripling an earlier estimated death toll.

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  Brazil Proposes Prisons Overhaul After Massacre, Families Hold Vigil

  Brazil's justice minister on Tuesday proposed an overhaul of the penal system to tackle chronic prison overcrowding a day after 56 inmates were massacred in the deadliest riot in two decades.

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  Inmates Beheaded In Brazil Jail Riot, 56 Killed

  Rioting inmates decapitated their rivals in brutal fighting between two gangs in a Brazilian jail that left 56 dead, while 144 prisoners escaped, officials said on Monday.

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  Around 60 Killed In Brazil Prison Riot: State Official

  Around 60 people have been killed in a bloody prison riot sparked by a war between rival drug gangs in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, officials said on Monday, in some of the worst violence in years in Brazil's overcrowded penitentiary system.

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  Inmates Beheaded In Brazil Prison Riots, 8 Dead: Police

  Rioting inmates beheaded their rivals and bodies were burned in an explosion of violence in two Brazilian jails that left at least 18 people dead on Monday, authorities said.

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  9 Dead in Brazil Prison Riot

  Nine people died, one of them decapitated, in a prison mutiny in Brazil which ended Monday with the release of 70 hostages, police said.

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  2 Killed, 29 Wounded in Brazil Prison Riot

  A police officer and an inmate were killed and 29 prisoners wounded Monday in the latest riot to hit Brazil's overcrowded prison system, authorities said.

• Talks Resume to Free Hostages and End Brazil Prison Riot

  Negotiations resumed on Tuesday at a Brazilian prison where rioting inmates took 12 guards and several fellow prisoners hostage, the latest in a series of uprisings.

• Two Inmates Beheaded in Brazil Prison Riot: Authorities

  Inmates rioting to press for better facilities in an overcrowded Brazilian jail have beheaded two fellow prisoners and taken two guards hostage, officials said on Sunday.

• Brazil inmates free hostages after prison standoff

  Inmates at a maximum-security prison in northeast Brazil, who had taken four guards and more than 100 visiting relatives hostage during a riot, released all the captives on Sunday, officials said.

• One Freed, 121 Held in Brazil Prison Hostage Standoff

  Negotiators persuaded inmates holding hostages seized during a prison riot in Brazil to free a guard on Sunday, but were still working to free three more guards and 118 prisoners' relatives.

• Six die in Brazil prison fire

  Six inmates of a Brazilian jail were killed in a fire set during a riot, authorities said on Wednesday