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| Prison fire kills 25 in Brazil |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/23/2007 |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil - Rioting inmates rounded up rivals in a Brazilian jail cell Thursday and torched it, killing 25 prisoners and showing once again how gangs rule the lockups across Latin America's largest nation. The prisoners took control of the jail before dawn in the south-central Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and chose to settle scores by locking up members of an opposing gang faction in a cell and setting mattresses ablaze, said police Lt. Andrea Amara Lopes. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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