Tag: riot
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Equador: 79 inmates died in simultaneous riots
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): At least 79 inmates died in simultaneous riots blamed on gang warfare at four prisons in Ecuador, officials said Wednesday. Updating the toll from Tuesday‘s violent uprising, the SNAI prison authority said it had retaken control of the prisons which jointly hold more than two-thirds of the South American country’s inmate population.…
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Brazil jail riot in Para state leaves 57 dead as gangs fight
Brasilia, 30th July: At least 57 people have been brutally murdered in Brazil in a prison riot, which saw a few rival gangs battle it out for five hours, officials said in a statement. Gang members from one prison block invaded another part of Altamira jail in Pará state. 16 of the dead were brutally…