Gang members torch cars, shoot up public buildings and sow terror in a wave of predawn attacks on numerous cities in northeastern Brazil, officials say
Brazil's severely overcrowded prison system is notorious for security failures that allow crime bosses to continue running their operations from behind bars.
On Wednesday, officials said the attacks in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, which began late on Monday, were planned from inside prison by gang leaders as a protest against jail conditions and retaliation for new regulations cracking down on criminal factions' operations within the penal system.At least two suspects were killed in clashes with police, according to news website G1.
Public Security Minister Flavio Dino said on Twitter that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government had deployed 220 federal officers to reinforce state security forces, and was prepared to increase the deployment "to whatever number is necessary."
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