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One of the leaders of the Red Command, one of the most powerful criminal groups in Brazil, Clauvino da Silva, was discovered on Saturday when he tried to leave Gericino prison disguised as his 19-year-old daughter, who had come to the center to visit him.

Da Silva, also known as 'Baixinho' (short), put on a silicone mask, a black wig, glasses and women's clothing. Prison officials have pointed out that the inmate's nervousness, 42, was what gave him away.

Da Silva's daughter went to prison to visit her father, who was serving a sentence of 73 years and 10 months. His daughter and seven other people who had visited him recently are being questioned. Prison officials believe they smuggled the items 'Baixinho' used to disguise himself. They suspect that one of them, a pregnant woman who was not registered by the guards, had hidden the wig and glasses that Da Silva used in her escape attempt.

Apparently, the inmate's plan was to leave his daughter in jail. Now the police are investigating their possible role as an accomplice in the failed attempt to escape from this prison near Rio de Janeiro.

The Secretary of State of the Prison Administration of Rio de Janeiro was the one who published the video in which Da silva appears, detaching himself from the objects he used to disguise himself.

It is not the first time this inmate tries to get out of prison. In 2013, he was among a group of 31 prisoners who fled from the Vicente Piragibe Criminal Institute in Gericino through the prison's sewer system. He was later arrested.

After the failed operation on Saturday, Clauvino da Silva was transferred to a maximum security prison unit and will face disciplinary sanctions, authorities said.

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