Brazil calls up army to quell prison violence

Brazil calls up army to quell prison violence Natal, Brazil (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Brazil's government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the country's overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one prison following a massacre. Inmates climbed on the roof and set up barriers of furniture in a northeastern jail inhabited by warring rival drug gangs vowing to behead each other. Police fired rubber bullets to try to keep apart tw ... more

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