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Brazilian Prisoner Who Tried To Escape In Female Disguise Found Dead In His Cell

Guards said they saw a woman acting nervous as she neared the exit Saturday. They discovered she was a man, a drug trafficker facing decades in prison. Now authorities say he took his own life.
Clauvino da Silva was caught trying to slip out of a Rio de Janeiro prison complex Saturday, disguised as a woman.

Updated on Aug. 6 at 8:40 p.m. ET

Prison authorities say a man sentenced to decades in prison for drug trafficking has died in his cell after a failed attempt to escaped while disguised as a woman.

He apparently died by suicide, according

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