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Distro - Violence Erupts in Brazil 

Alex Majoli 

Four days of violence in Sao Paulo have killed more than 80 people, including 39 law-enforcement officers, victims of an underworld run by prisoners able to use cell phones to order murders, drug deals and violent unrest on city streets and in prison.

The attacks are being called an assault against public security in Latin America's largest nation. One top official labeled it the first terrorist strike on Brazil.

More than 180 acts of violence against police and fire stations, buses, banks and other targets have been reported since the disturbances erupted Friday. Uprisings were reported in 80... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. Tropical rain. 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. 2002. Car crashed after a chasing race with... 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. A blitz through the kidnappers' hideout.... 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. A man lies dead after police killed him... 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. 2002. Two men locked in a police cell. They... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. Wing 5, which houses first... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Sao Paolo. Carandiru Prison. In the recreation room.... 

Alex Majoli 1995

BRAZIL. Salvador de Bahia. 1995. Police during a blitz inside... 

Alex Majoli 1996

BRAZIL. Santos. 1996. Flavio showing his gun. 

Alex Majoli 1996

BRAZIL. Santos. 1996. A family in the Rua Costitucao. 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Santos. 1997. Marzia after his autopsy. 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. Keys to cells. 1997. 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. A new inmate is photographed... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Sao Paolo. Carandiru Prison. In the prison gym. 1997... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. Corandiru Prison. 1997.Ê 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. An AIDS patient in the prison... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. An isolation cell, known... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Sao Paolo. Carandiru Prison. Prison inmates. 1997. 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. Prisoners working in an... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. The Governor interviews... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. Prisoners in a remand cell.... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. A prisoner exercises in... 

Alex Majoli 1997

BRAZIL. Carandiru Prison, Sao Paolo. A prisoner in his cell.... 

Alex Majoli 1995

BRAZIL. Sao Paulo. 1995. Street child smoking crack. 

Alex Majoli 1995

BRAZIL. Salvador be Bahia. 1995. Street children. 

Alex Majoli 1995

BRAZIL. Salvador be Bahia. 1995. Street children. 

Alex Majoli 1996

BRAZIL. Santos. 1996. A friend holding the newspaper. 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2002. Police arresting a man accused... 

Alex Majoli 2002

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2002. Dead body of a young man killed... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. In the hall of a police station.... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. São Paulo. 2004. Inside a favela on the Abc . 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. São Paulo. 2004. Inside a favela on the Abc. 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. São Paulo. 2004. Young man inside a favela on the Abc.... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. The body of a police officer killed... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. Blood. 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. The body of a man killed by mistake.... 

Alex Majoli 2004

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. Tropical rain. 

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BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 2004. Cemetery Joao Batista. 
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