Brazil’s deadly prison riot is just one piece of a bigger drug gang war
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Over the weekend, at least 56 people were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil, while 184 prisoners escaped from there, as well as other prisons. The victims - many of them beheaded and thrown over the prison walls - mainly included members of Brazil's feared First Command gang, known by its Portuguese initials PCC.