At least 30 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in northeastern Brazil, a person familiar with the situation told Fox News. The riot was the latest in a string of prison disturbances across Brazil that have killed more than 100 people within the past two weeks. State security officials said fighting between rival gangs broke out Saturday at the adjacent Alcacuz and Rogerio Coutinho lockups near the city of Natal in the Rio Grande do Norte state. Officials waited until dawn Sunday before entering to try to re-impose control, said state security chief Caio Cesar Bezerra. The recent outbreak of prison violence began on Jan. 1-2, when 56 inmates were killed in the northern state of Amazonas.

Source: Fox News January 15, 2017 22:12 UTC