About 55 Inmates Across Three Brazilian Prisons Found Strangled To Death Inside Their Cells

Brazilian authorities have blamed a power struggle between quarrelling Amazon mafiosos for a two-day explosion of prison violence that has left at least 55 prisoners dead.

The slaughter reportedly began at about 11am on Sunday during visiting hours at the Anísio Jobim prison complex in Manaus, the jungle-fringed capital of Amazonas state.