EXECUTIONS

37Marcos Eduardo da Silva, AlcenorGomes da Silva, Rinaldo Inocêncio,Josenildo dos Santos, Célio Vicente deMiranda.On the night of May 13, 1999, twelve heavily armed, hooded men invaded thecity jail in Alhandra, in Paraíba state. The men forced the jailer to open cellsnumber one and two and fired a number of shot at the detainees being held there.The gunfire killed five men and wounded eight others. Apparently, the motive ofthe massacre was revenge: three men suspected of killing a police officer from theMata Redonda station were being held in the Alhandra jail.The police inquiry attributes the incident to the omission of police and the jaileron duty given the fact that none of these took any measures to prevent the violententry into the jail by the hooded, armed men, nor did any of them open fireagainst the group.Source: Office of Representative Luiz CoutoTable 07:Distribution of Victims by Day of Week, (Media-ReportedHomicides Attributed to Police and Death Squads, 1999)Victims by Day of WeekWednesdayFridayMondaySundayThursdayTuesdaySaturdayTOTALSource: MNDH DatabaseFrequency1951701691631591501421,148%16.99%14.81%14.72%14.20%13.85%13.07%12.37%100.00%