'Riot' Onboard TAM Flight Forces Landing

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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – A TAM airline flight from Montevideo, Uruguay, bound for Sao Paulo made an emergency landing Saturday. According to Folha de Sao Paulo, a man onboard the flight, identified as an employee of the company's operations department assaulted crew and tried to storm the cockpit.

TAM Airliner for Illustration Only (Photo: blogos.com)

Angry Mob Burns Military Police Battalion

by Michael Hone

After Shooting by Military Police, Mob Burns Civil and Military Police Stations

BELEM, Brazil – The city of Sao Sebastiao da Boa Vista, on the Marajo Archipelago, in the State of Para saw some tense moments Saturday night. According to an article on O Globo online, angry residents stormed and torched the 9th Military Police Battalion. The group also ransacked and looted the Civil Police station in the city.