Inmates Escape Brazil Prison

A Brazilian inmate, whose masked attempt to break out of jail dressed as his daughter reverberated around the world, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, after apparently having hanged himself, Rio de Janeiro state authorities said on Tuesday.

Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing enabled 92 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.

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.

At least 200 prisoners escaped from a minimum-security Brazil prison during an uprising on Thursday, with about half recaptured within hours of the prison break, state prison officials said.

Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedalled furiously, clocking up several miles before jumping off. Silva didn't get very far, in fact not an inch. He's still inside the medium-security prison where he's serving a 5-and-a-half-year sentence for holding up a bakery.

A Brazilian inmate, whose masked attempt to break out of jail dressed as his daughter reverberated around the world, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, after apparently having hanged himself, Rio de Janeiro state authorities said on Tuesday.

Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing enabled 92 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.

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.

At least 200 prisoners escaped from a minimum-security Brazil prison during an uprising on Thursday, with about half recaptured within hours of the prison break, state prison officials said.

Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedalled furiously, clocking up several miles before jumping off. Silva didn't get very far, in fact not an inch. He's still inside the medium-security prison where he's serving a 5-and-a-half-year sentence for holding up a bakery.