Brazilian Gangs Wage War On Police

There is a battle going on in Sao Paulo, Brazil between a notorious street gang and the police. At least 52 dead after the second wave of attacks against police. This stems from a decision to transfer several of the members to different jails. This has also caused 33 prison rebellions.

(AP/Yahoo)The attacks were in response to the transfer of eight imprisoned PCC leaders, a practice authorities use to sever prisoners' ties to gang members outside prison.

Lucciola said authorities were prepared for some kind of PCC attack after the transfer "but we never imagined it would be so big or ferocious."

The press office of the Sao Paulo state government said the PCC carried out at least 100 separate attacks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday that killed at least 35 police officers, the girlfriend of one of them and two passers-by. Fourteen suspected gang members were killed in gunbattles with police.