Brazil's government is relocating gang bosses tied to a weekend prison riot that left 56 inmates dead and is the country's deadliest in nearly 25 years. The inmates believed to be responsible for a ...

Forty-six inmates involved in one of Brazil's deadliest prison riots were being transferred to other jails Tuesday, an official said. At least 57 people were killed on Monday when fighting broke out ...

In Brazil, funerals are being held for the men who died in the worst prison riot in that country for a quarter century. Fifty-six prisoners were killed this weekend in a penitentiary in the northern ...

After Monday’s deadly prison riot in northern Brazil, four more inmates involved in the unrest were killed while being moved to a new facility. Officials said they found the four prisoners dead inside ...

U.S. lawmakers are reportedly in talks with their Brazilian counterparts about collaborating on an investigation into the violent protests that engulfed Brasilia last weekend, according to Reuters.

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