Carrier pigeons fly cellphones to prisoners in Brazil

AFP

SAO PAULO (AFP) - To smuggle cellphones into prison, Brazilian inmates have turned to a much older form of communication: carrier pigeons.
Guards have intercepted two carrier pigeons carrying cellphones to detainees at a prison in Sorocaba, some 62 miles (100 kilometers) from Sao Paolo, a spokeswoman for the state penitentiary system told AFP.

Carrier pigeons fly cellphones to prisoners in Brazil
"Penitentiary agents found the pigeons outside the Danilo Pinheiro prison but, fortunately, the birds did not have time to enter the prison building with the material," said Rosana Alberto.
Each pigeon was carrying a small bag containing a cellphone and charger, she said. They were caught in two successive days, last Wednesday and Thursday.
The pigeons are a new twist to an old story.
Criminal organizations like "Red Commando" in Rio de Janeiro or the "First Commando of the Capital" in Sao Paulo, which are well established in the prisons, have extensive supply networks.
They use accomplices, from lawyers to corrupt prison guards, to smuggle in drugs, weapons and cellphones to the detainees, according to the police.
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