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October 2nd The Carandiru Massacre

By Abe260636

  • October 1st 1992

    October 1st 1992
    "Diário de um Detento"
    Racionais MC's

  • October 2nd

    October 2nd
    At the beginning, two groups got into a fight after a football game. After that, the local military police shot and killed 111 prisoners, wounding 37

  • 2002

    2002
    After years of national and international pressure, the prison was demolished on 8 December 2002, the former complex having been turned into a park.

  • 2013

    2013
    In April 2013, 23 policemen involved in the massacre were sentenced to 156 years in prison each for the killing of 13 inmates. In August 2013, another 25 policemen involved in the massacre were sentenced to 624 years each for the deaths of 52 inmates

  • 2014

    2014
    By April 2014, 15 additional policemen were sentenced to 48 years. Although the UN urged Brazil to bring justice to those most affected by the slaughter in September 2016, the court declared the trial on Carandiru massacre null