Bodies keep piling up in Brazil's Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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iolence in Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in northeast Brazil had already reached astronomical levels well before a prison rebellion at Alcaçuz State Penitentiary killed 26 inmates. The number of homicides in the state increased 232% between 2005 and 2015, according to the 2017 Atlas of Violence, compiled by the Institute of Applied Economic Research. In the first eight months of 2017, 1,558 people were murdered, up 25.5% over the same period last year. On the weekend of August 18-20 alone, 23 people were victims of homicide.
 
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