Brazil gang leader dresses up as teenage daughter in jailbreak attempt

AKIPRESS.COM - The Rio de Janeiro-based drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva attempted to sneak out of the city's most notorious prison wearing a disguise and in the hope of convincing guards he was in fact his 19-year-old daughter heading home after visiting hours, the Guardian reports. Silva is serving a 73-year sentence for his involvement in the Red Command drug faction.
Saturday's farcical getaway was not Silva's first. In January 2013 he was one of 31 prisoners who tried to tunnel out of the same prison complex through the sewers. Four dirt-covered inmates were immediately recaptured but Silva made it out alongside other gang members nicknamed Fish, Spiderman and Sledge Hammer.
The following month he was reportedly rearrested while attempting to seize control of a shantytown in Rio's western districts with a group of heavily armed men.
Reports on Monday said the 42-year-old drug trafficker had been moved to solitary confinement but was unlikely to face extra prison time since his unsuccessful bid for freedom had not involved violence.
His daughter, Ana Gabriele Leandro da Silva, will be charged with abetting prison escape, a crime punishable with up to two years in prison. Seven other visitors - including a pregnant woman suspected of smuggling the disguise into the jail - are also being investigated.