Carandiru

After watching the film Carandiru this week in class, I was inspired to research the actual prison massacre. I found out some interesting facts. The most shocking fact is that the commanding officer in charge of the massacre was originally sentenced to 632 years in prison, however because of mistrial claims, his sentence was void. It is hard to believe, but it seems as if the government got away with massacring over 100 of its own citizens. I think this displays the problem with corruption that continues to plague Latin American governments and countries today.
Here is the Wikipedia article for further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Carandiru_Massacre