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Brazil police sentenced for prison 'massacre'

Agence France-PresseApril 21, 2013 09:30
Twenty-three Brazilian police officers were sentenced to 156 years in jail each on Sunday for their role in the killing of 111 inmates during Brazil's deadliest prison uprising in 1992. The 23 were among 26 military officers on trial before the Sao Paulo state tribunal. The three others were cleared. The officers, most of them now retired, were accused of killing 15 prisoners in Sao Paulo's Carandiru prison during the operation to quell the revolt on October 2, 1992, which came to be known as the "Carandiru massacre."

Elite police units deployed in restive southern Brazil

February 16, 2013 18:15
Elite police commando units fanned out across the streets of southern Brazil on Saturday, in a bid to contain a wave of violent attacks over the past two weeks. The attacks -- allegedly ordered by criminal gangs from within Brazil's prisons -- have seen buses and private passenger cars torched and police fired upon in some 30 towns and cities in Santa Catarina state since January 30. "With the support of the national police force, we have launched Operation Secure Santa Catarina," state military police spokesman Joao Carlos Neves said.

Elite police units deployed in restive southern Brazil

February 16, 2013 14:46
Elite police commando units fanned out on streets of southern Brazil Saturday, in an effort to contain a wave of violent attacks over the past two weeks, authorities said. The attacks -- allegedly ordered by criminal gangs from within Brazil's prisons -- have seen buses and private passenger cars torched and police fired upon in some 30 cities in the state of Santa Catarina since January 30. "With the support of the National Police Force, we have launched Operation Secure Santa Catarina, Joao Carlos Neves, spokesman for the state's military police force.

Brazil inmates complaining of violence order street attacks

February 15, 2013 16:30
Prisoners complaining of violence behind bars ordered a wave of attacks out on the streets in southern Brazil over the past two weeks, officials said Friday as police reinforcements began arriving. The state of Santa Catarina has seen buses torched and police fired on in some 30 cities since January 30. Authorities say the violence has been masterminded by prison-based crime gangs demanding better living conditions for inmates.
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