Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 19: Comando Classe a (CCA) Massacre of Comando Vermelho (CV) Gang Members in Altamira Prison, Brazil—58 Dead (Including 16 Decapitations)

An assault took place at Altamira prison in which a local gang— Comando Classe A (CCA); Class A Command—controlling one wing of the prison stormed another wing controlled by an opposing gang— Comando Vermelho (CV) or the Red Command.[1] The Comando Vermelho wing of the prison was set on fire, resulting in multiple asphyxiation deaths along with sixteen pre-mortem decapitations as a component of the initial inter-gang warfare action.