The government had known for weeks that a Brazilian drug cartel was plotting a prison break, but it was unable to stop it.
Tag: First Capital Command (PCC)
Why the Brazil Prison Massacre Was a ‘Tragedy Foretold’
The deadliest prison massacre in Brazil in decades shows how powerful drug gangs have come to control the country’s overcrowded, underfunded prisons.
Brazil Arrests More Than 50 Police Officers Accused of Taking Cartel Bribes
State prosecutors accused 53 officers of taking bribes from the First Capital Command drug gang, known as the P.C.C., which investigators say has grown rapidly.