Show 'k&sd&tmi A4 3 WORLD The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday January 1 1998 Brazilian Police Storm Prison Free Hostages rtlt VSSUC! VTKI) PRFSX SOROCABA Brazil Riot troops stormed a prison where inmates were holding hundreds of hostages Wednesday quickly rebellion ending a three-daapparently without firing a shot As some 250 not police took control of Sorocaba Prison hostages streamed out the front gate screaming and crying Some said police had beaten them and the inmates The government said no one was killed in Wednesday s raid although an inmate and a woman were killed in the shootout at the start of the takeover Sunday At least four riot troops and 10 prisoners were wounded Wednesday the latter with knife and club injuries Police said the knife W'ounds were the result of fighting Riot troops could he seen running along the prison w'all explosions sounded from harmless shock bombs detonated to scare the rioters and black smoke rose from inside the prison But no gunshots weie heard and the raid was over within an hour ' From what I saw the cops acted very well to put this thing dow n without any majoi abuses said Daniel Azevedo Noionha president of the human lights defense council of the state of Sao Paolo Earlier in the day it appeared that the standoff 50 miles west of Brazil s largest citv Sao Paulo might be resolved peacefully The inmates had begun releass hosing some of their tages who included guards and women and children who had been visiting the inmates But police insisted that negotiations had broken down Unfortunately the prisoners refused to let these hostages go and it has become imperative to move in and iescue the innocent men women and children " said Police Col Rui Cesar who was in charge of the riot troops The police action was necessary he said because the inmates had begun to dig a tunnel The violence of the standoff shocked even Brazilians despite the fact that prisoner rebellions are a weekly occurrence The inmate fury is fueled not only by overcrowding but by long trial waits At Sorocaba Prison there are 900 inmates though it was designed to hold 500 y 600-plu- " Unfortunately the prisoners refused to let these hostages go and it has become imperative to move in and rescue the innocent men women and children Col Rui Cesar Commander of not troops Those freed earlier in the day looked haggard and drawn as they were led from the prison by police ' This is the greatest present God could give me for the New Yeai" said Izilda Fatima Silva holding her two grandsons in her arms Silva had been visiting her son who is serving a sentence for armed robbery Standing by her side was Silvas granddaughter Nora who looked frightened by all the attention but said she had not been mistreated T played board games mostly No one ever hurt me and ate well However one of the guards who was freed m the police raid Ademir Jose Tobias de Carvalho said he had been held in a cell and beaten often with the flat side of inacuto TeixeinuThe Allocated Press 1 After a more than standoff relatives of some of 72-ho- Guards recognized the inmates and a shootout ensued that killed an inmate and a woman who had smuggled in five guns and several hand grenades The prisoners took 17 guards knife "This is all the prison wardens fault he knew this was going to erupt he was warned and he did nothing said Carvalho According to Carvalho the 600-piu- freed hostages embrace outside of a prison s and all 699 visiting relatives in- eluding more than 200 children hostage They later released 78 relatives Monday passed with no negotiations and inmates appar- ently beat a guard on the prison in Sorocaba Brazil reports from people in the prison The invasion revived memories of a 1993 standoff at Carandiru prison where 111 inmates were killed after troopers were sum- moned to quell a rebellion roof Tuesday Inside inmates hung guards by their ankles and tortured them with knives sticks and iron bars accordmg to Selma Giron a pris- on official who said she heard the prisoners had semiautomatic weapons and 38 caliber pistols Prisoners had agreed Tuesday night to release the 17 guards Wednesday along with 621 visitors the following morning But several deadlines passed and when the prisoners finally did release some of their captives it was fewer than had been promised Police recruited the wife of the leader of the prison uprising to try to coax the inmates to back down But the effort failed and as the clash ended Wednesday some of the released hostages tried to lynch the woman Police had to hustle her off m a car The uprising started Sunday after several inmates dressed in wigs and women's clothing tried to sneak out during a busy day Open New Year's Day from 12 noon until 5 pm Hone wide 908962 414136 ASAP WP CashGraf ChecksPlus 349092 (ilearam1 db Express 267724 Weblicator 259648 Mech Warrior 2 Netmech 363595 522847 Treasure Quest Kudo Image Browser Bundle 771121 MyProtessianal Businesses rds 756858 Neighborhood 144360 227371 Second Edition 227405 646059 C Conns 922971 Afterlife Power Accessories 440230 The Dig 712653 Full Throttle 144583 Warcratt Franklin learns 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