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Brazil Court Sentences Man To 17 Years In Jail For Anti-Government Riots
Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Brazil Court Sentences Man To 17 Years In Jail For Anti-Government Riots
Brazil's Supreme Court announced a 17-year jail term Thursday for the first defendant tried and convicted over the storming of the seats of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.
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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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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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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.
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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.
