At least 57 inmates were killed -- including 16 found decapitated -- during a bloody riot between rival criminal factions that erupted Monday morning inside a northern Brazil prison, authorities said.

Brazil prison riot leaves 57 dead, 16 decapitated 02:13. Rio De Janeiro — At least 57 prisoners were killed by other inmates during clashes between organized crime groups in the Altamira prison ...

This week's prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus was shocking for its brutality — nearly 60 inmates were killed — many beheaded. Prison violence is not uncommon in Brazil.

Brazil prison riot leaves 57 dead, 16 decapitated 02:13. Rio De Janeiro — Dozens of relatives of inmates killed during a prison riot in northern Brazil have gathered at a coroner's office to ...

Reporting from SAO PAULO, Brazil — With the fourth largest prison population in the world, Brazil struggles to keep a lid on simmering problems that include severe overcrowding, poorly trained ...

Nearly 60 inmates were killed at four different prisons in the capital of Brazil’s northern Amazonas state over two days amid apparent riots, authorities said. Officials with the state prison ...

Authorities have not found any firearms following the riot, only makeshift knives. Prison authorities said 46 inmates will be transferred to other prisons, 10 of which will go to stricter federal ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - At least 52 inmates died, with 16 decapitated, in a prison riot on Monday in the northern Brazilian state of Para, the state's prison authority said, underlining the struggle ...

A 17-hour uprising at a prison in Brazil claimed the lives of at least 56 prisoners over the weekend, state-run media agency Agencia Brasil reported Monday. Bodies were thrown over the wall of the ...

At least 33 inmates are dead following a prison riot in northern Brazil on Friday, according to state officials, the second prison riot in six days.

Brazil’s drug gangs are notoriously fierce. Both the PCC and the Red Command, the country’s No. 1 and 2 criminal organizations, were born inside the chaotic prison system in the early 1990s.