The Brazilian gang leader who tried to make a prison break by disguising himself as his teenage daughter was found dead in his cell, local authorities said.
Clauvino da Silva, 42, died in an apparent suicide Tuesday at a Rio de Janeiro prison just three days after he was busted in his elaborate escape attempt, the Rio Times reported.
The convicted drug trafficker was discovered unconscious in the high-security unit to which he’d been transferred at the Bangu prison complex as punishment after his foiled escape attempt.
“The inmate appears to have hanged himself with a bed sheet,” Rio’s prison authority said in a statement.
The pint-sized gang leader — who went by “Shorty” — made headlines over the weekend for trying to walk out the front door of the prison while impersonating his 19-year-old daughter, who had been visiting for the day.
He was caught by prison guards who stopped him at the exit doors because he was acting nervous.
Viral footage released by prison authorities showed the tattooed inmate remove his over-the-top costume.
Slowly, da Silva stripped off a creepy silicone face mask, long black wig, glasses, tight jeans and a pink T-shirt that belonged to his daughter. As he revealed his stubble and tattoos, da Silva was asked to identify himself and responded with his full name.
His daughter, who planned to stay behind in his place, and seven other visitors were detained in connection with the failed escape.
The gang leader had previously escaped prison in 2013 when he and dozens of other inmates dug a 15-foot tunnel to the sewers.
He had been serving a sentence of nearly 74 years at the time of his death, the BBC reported.
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