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A new riot erupted at the Alcacuz jail in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, on Tuesday, January 17, following an outbreak of violence between drug gangs over the weekend that left 27 prisoners dead.
Brazilian police on Tuesday deployed rubber bullets and tear gas to break up the feuding factions inside the jail on the outskirts of the northern Brazilian city of Natal. At least 140 inmates have died in similar outbursts of violence inside Brazil’s prisons since the start of 2017.