Prison riots in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
that began on May 26, 2019 resulted in the deaths of at least 112 people as of July 29, 2019. The riots occurred at several prisons in the northern Brazilian state of
Amazonas. Rival factions of the illicit Brazilian drug trade were responsible for the fighting.
Prisons
May
*Anísio Jobim penitentiary center,
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
, 15 killed on May 26,
[ ] 4 killed on May 27.
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*Antonio Trindade penal institute, 25 killed on May 27.
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*Puraquequara jail, 6 killed on May 27.][
*Provisional Detention Centre for Men, 5 killed on May 27.][
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July
*2019 Altamira prison riot
The Altamira prison riot occurred on 29 July 2019, when a riot broke out at the Centro de Recuperação Regional de Altamira prison in Altamira, Pará, Brazil, due to drug turf disputes between rival gangs within the prison.
Over the five-hour ...
: Altamira jail, Pará
Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...
, at least 57 inmates killed, including sixteen who were beheaded, during five-hours of rioting between rival gangs on 29 July.
See also
*2017 Brazil prison riots
The 2017 Brazil prison riots were a confrontation between two criminal organizations, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), and their allies within prisons and peripheries of Brazilian cities. Its emergence is linked to ...
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