Four Brazilian prisoners killed during their transfer | Chronic

Four prisoners were killed during their transfer from the prison where the mbadacre of 58 other detainees took place in Altamira, in the state of Pará, north of the Amazon in Brazil.

Thus, the number of victims of the war between the gangs that control the presidios and drug trafficking in the Amazon region has increased to 62, a key point for the transfer of cocaine from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia to Brazilian ports from the Atlantic. .

The horror of the mbadacre committed last Monday at the Altamira rehabilitation center continued with the transfer of prisoners determined by the authorities to put an end to clashes between criminal gangs.

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In a cage truck where 30 prisoners were transferred, four of them were killed by asphyxiation while they were heading to the city of Marabá, located 600 km away, reported the press office of governor Helder Barbalho.

Officers did not realize death before arriving at Marabá Prison.

The remaining 26 prisoners on board the vehicle were sent to an isolation cell in Marabá Prison.

According to the authorities, Monday's mutiny was motivated by a fight between the Comando Clbad A (CCA) and Comando Vermelho (CV, Comando Rojo) criminal gangs, which are fighting to recruit prisoners into their ranks and control drug trafficking. and weapons

Prison authorities reported Tuesday night that they had found another body, including 58 dead in the prison.

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The Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Sergio Moro, announced the sending of federal troops to allow aid in the penitentiary system of the state of Pará, located in the north of the Amazon and considered part of the route taken by the drug trafficking produced in the countries Andean neighbors to Europe.