Horror in prison: gang war kills 57, including 16 beheaded – Telam

At least 57 people have died, including 16 beheaded, during a rebellion and a criminal gang confrontation that lasted about five hours in a prison in the town of Altamira, in the north. State of Pará, in the north of the Amazon, announced the authorities.

The mbadacre took place at the Altamira Regional Recovery Center, during which two prison staff members were taken hostage and later released.

"The majority died of suffocation," said the Superintendency of the State Penitentiary System of Pará.

The mutiny began in the morning and at noon was controlled.

According to the authorities, the riot was motivated by a brawl between the Comando Clbad A (CCA) and Comando Vermelho (CV, Comando Rojo) criminal gangs, which are struggling to recruit prisoners into their ranks and control drug trafficking and d & # 39; weapons. .