The government of Rio Grande do Norte negotiated the transfer of prisoners with a criminal faction.
The government of Rio Grande do Norte negotiated with the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) to try to regain control of the Alcaçuz state penitentiary in Greater Natal this week. The prison, the largest in the state, was the scene of the massacre of at least 26 inmates over the weekend. A Civil Police delegate and a Military Police officer were assigned to speak with the criminals. The objective of the negotiation is to avoid a new confrontation with the Sindicato do RN, a local rival gang of the São Paulo-based faction.
247 - The government of Rio Grande do Norte negotiated with the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) to try to regain control of the Alcaçuz state penitentiary, in Greater Natal, this week. The prison, the largest in the state, was the scene of the massacre of at least 26 inmates over the weekend. A Civil Police delegate and a Military Police officer were assigned to talk to the criminals. The objective of the negotiation is to avoid a new confrontation with the Sindicato do RN, a local gang rival to the São Paulo-based faction.
The information is from Aura Mazda's report in O Globo.
"The police negotiators were tasked with discovering the prisoners' demands and identifying which ones could be met. One of the demands was met this Wednesday: a group of 220 inmates, linked to the local faction, was transferred from the Alcaçuz prison, in the Metropolitan Region of Natal, to the Parnamirim State Penitentiary (PEP). The removal of the prisoners was completed between 18:30 pm and 18:39 pm, more than three hours after troops from the Special Police Operations Battalion (BOPE) and the Shock Police Battalion (BPChoque) entered the unit."
The removal of the prisoners was a new attempt by the state to regain control of the unit. Four chartered tourist buses were used to transport the inmates. Earlier in the morning, the Rio Grande do Norte State Security Secretariat had already transferred 119 inmates from the PEP (Penitentiary of Rio Grande do Norte) to the Raimundo Nonato Complex in the northern part of the state capital.
Shortly after the transfer of prisoners from Alcaçuz, there was a riot outside, when prisoners' wives set fire to some objects in front of the penitentiary to try to prevent the removal of the inmates. Simultaneous fires were reported in various neighborhoods of Natal. The police have not confirmed that the attacks were in retaliation for the transfers, but at least 12 buses and one official state government vehicle were set on fire.