71.   During the escape attempt the prisoners shot and ran over a guard, killing him.

72.   During the escape attempt, the prisoners shot and then ran over a guard, killing him.

73.   Escape attempt leaves eight inmates dead.

74.   Escape attempts, inmate violence and riots are common in Brazil, where the prison system suffers from a lack of resources, mismanagement, corruption and overcrowding.

75.   Escape attempts are common, and President Miguel Angel Rodriguez has given guards specific orders to open fire on any prisoners who try to escape.

76.   Escape attempts have been frequent, Lee said.

77.   Freed hostages say rebels told them they had mined or booby-trapped the grounds of the residence to discourage escape attempts.

78.   Guards in observation towers spotted the escape attempt and opened fire.

79.   He contends that the prisoners set fire to a barracks themselves during an escape attempt, and only three were killed by guards trying to stop them.

80.   He said the inmates were confined in cells after the escape attempt.