Brazilian authorities said Wednesday they are deploying 1,000 troops to “clean out” arms and cellphones from restive prisons while police moved to end a deadly gang face-off in the Alcacuz Penitentiary Center.
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Brazil's government on January 17 ordered the armed forces to help secure the country's overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one prison following a massacre. (ANDRESSA ANHOLETE/AFP/Getty Images)]()
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Brazilian police fired rubber bullets Tuesday at inmates who have taken over a jail where dozens were massacred over the weekend in the latest in a string of prison riots. Police positioned on top of the outer walls of the Alcacuz jail near the northeastern city of Natal fired at a crowd of inmates who had taken control of part of the complex. A total of 26 prisoners were killed in Alcacuz -- many of them beheaded -- during a violent riot that broke out late Saturday, according to officials.
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