Inmates armed with makeshift knives ended their four-day uprising at a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle.
    Two hundred and seven hostages were released after authorities met their main demand by returning one of their leaders from another prison.
    Rondonia state police spokesperson， Lenilson Guedes， said authorities broke the impasse in negotiations by agreeing to return prison gang leader Edinildo Paula de Souza， who had been transferred to another facility last week.
    Safe return
    The inmates began their uprising during Sunday's visiting hours at the Urso Branco State Prison in Rondonia's state capital， Porto Velho， 2，500 kilometers northwest of Sao Paulo.
    The 190 women and 17 men held hostage were relatives of the inmates.
    "It's over，" Renato Eduardo de Souza， head of the state's public safety department， said by telephone. "The inmates have released the hostages and no one was hurt. No one was killed."
    He said prisoners' claims that they had killed up to 16 fellow inmates during the uprising "was nothing more than a bluff to intimidate us." （AP）
    巴西囚犯釋放被劫持人質(zhì)
    巴西監(jiān)獄過度擁擠，經(jīng)常發(fā)生*巴西一所監(jiān)獄的囚犯們在周三與*達(dá)成協(xié)議后，釋放了被劫持的200多名人質(zhì)，結(jié)束了四天以來的*。
    巴西偏遠(yuǎn)的、叢林密布的朗多尼亞州烏爾索。布蘭科監(jiān)獄監(jiān)獄的囚犯們在圣誕節(jié)12月25日發(fā)起*，劫持了207名人質(zhì)，包括190名婦女和17名男子，他們都是這些囚犯的親人。
    朗多尼亞州的公安部門說，事情已經(jīng)結(jié)束，囚犯已經(jīng)釋放了所有人質(zhì)，無人受傷或被殺。
    警方方言人表示，*同意把囚犯們的領(lǐng)袖德索薩送回者所監(jiān)獄后，雙方的談判取得了突破。另外，*也允諾更換監(jiān)獄長，讓囚犯有權(quán)探望孩子，提供休閑空間和更多的牙齒護(hù)理。
    警方表示，囚犯們首先在監(jiān)獄的廣場集合，警察隨后在監(jiān)獄內(nèi)搜查據(jù)稱在*中被殺的死者的尸體，并在監(jiān)房里搜查武器。囚犯門聲稱由16人在*中被殺。
    警方結(jié)束搜查后，囚犯們返回監(jiān)房并釋放了人質(zhì)。
    囚犯們的領(lǐng)袖德索薩被視為是高度危險(xiǎn)的囚犯，他被判謀殺和持械行劫，正接受30年徒刑的懲罰。
    27歲的德索薩在11月24日挖地道逃獄，但在12月21日被抓獲，并被轉(zhuǎn)送到另一所監(jiān)獄囚禁。不過烏爾索-布蘭科監(jiān)獄的囚犯們發(fā)起*，其中一個(gè)主要的要求就是讓德索薩返回烏爾索-布蘭科監(jiān)獄。
    當(dāng)?shù)孛襟w說，德索薩曾在2004年策劃烏爾索-布蘭科監(jiān)獄發(fā)生的一次*事件。