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Military Police Massacre at Least 111 in Brazilian Prison
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1993, page 8
On the night of Oct. 2, just hours before nationwide municipal elections, the Military Police swept into Sao Paulo's Carandirú Prison, Latin America's largest, and killed a still unknown number of inmates. Officials originally put the death toll at 111; on Oct. 7 the federal Justice Ministry said about 200 ...
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Prisoners-International.
Location:
Brazil.
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