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Thursday, February 23, 2017

HEARTWRENCHING "Chopped off heads, torn out hearts in brutal Brazil gang war " ABC News

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Over the next 30 minutes, with police still outside, prisoners dragged dozens of bodies into the area dubbed Pavilion 3. Then Family of the North members, and other prisoners forced to take orders, began cutting. By the time they were done, 39 heads were lined up on the floor.
They also lopped off and piled up limbs, even from bodies that had been carbonized. They cut out 13 eyes and two hearts, and used them to terrorize others. One guard was force..."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mass-slaughter-brazil-prison-exposes-gang-war-drugs-45655794