Escaped youths terrorise city

Sao Paolo - Hundreds of juvenile delinquents have escaped from detention centres in Sao Paolo over the past 15 days, unleashing…

Sao Paolo - Hundreds of juvenile delinquents have escaped from detention centres in Sao Paolo over the past 15 days, unleashing a wave of violent crime that has frightened residents of Brazil's industrial heartland.

Some 1,100 youths have escaped and as yesterday fewer than 500 had been captured.