Brazil gang leader dresses up as teenage daughter in jail-break attempt

Clauvino da Silva wore rubber mask and wig to walk out of Rio prison, apparently planning to leave his daughter inside

A Brazilian gang leader tried to escape from prison by pretending to be his teenage daughter when she visited him behind bars, authorities said on Sunday.

Clauvino da Silva, also known as “Shorty”, tried to leave the prison in the western part of Rio de Janeiro dressed in her clothes, but his nervousness gave him away, prison officials said.

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