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Updated On: 06 August, 2019 01:11 PM IST | Rio de Janeiro | mid-day online correspondent
A Brazilian gang leader dressed up as his teen daughter when she visited him behind bars and tried to escape from prison, authorities said

Still from the video. Pic courtesy/Twitter/Rex Chapman
In a bizarre incident, a Brazilian gang leader planned to escape the prison dressed up as his 19-year-old daughter. He plotted this plan when she visited him at the prison. The gang leader dressed up as his daughter and planned to walk out of prison without being caught.
However, according to the prison officials, the nervousness displayed by the accused identified as Clauvino da Silva, who also goes with the name as Shorty, as he tried to leave the prison in the western part of Rio de Janeiro dressed as a woman gave his plan away.
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