Latin America Digest: Today’s one-line news briefs

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Angra dos Reis, Brazil — A rain-soaked slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge on an island resort early Friday, killing at least 19 people, authorities said, and a mudslide elsewhere in the city killed 11.

Lima, Peru — Officials said a riot by about 500 inmates at a northern prison killed two inmates, and six guards were held hostage until negotiations succeeded in ending the protest.

Bogota, Colombia — The military said 18 insurgents were killed and 13 captured in air and ground assaults on two camps of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

Bogota, Colombia — Police and health authorities said a holiday dessert of custard and pastry distributed to homeless Colombians in the El Calvario neighborhood contained ground glass and poison that caused the death of one person and sickened 44 others.

-- Times Wire Reports