Police fired rubber bullets and teargas canisters into the yard of the Alcacuz prison in north-eastern Brazil as helicopters buzzed overhead. But about six months ago, the PCC began trying to muscle the Red Command out of drug routes. In response, the Red Command has allied itself with local gangs, enlisting them to take on the PCC. At least 30 inmates killed and mutilated in Brazil prison Read moreThe killings began on 1 January, when the powerful North Family gang, which is allied with the Red Command, killed 56 inmates at a prison in Amazonas state, mostly PCC members. In another prison in north-eastern Brazil on Thursday, at least one inmate was killed when members of different gangs clashed, authorities said.

Source: The Guardian January 19, 2017 16:19 UTC