Crime | Brazil Inmate Found Dead Days After His Jailbreak Flops Clauvino da Silva believed to have died by hanging By Arden Dier Posted Aug 6, 2019 11:45 AM CDT Copied This photo shows a man who authorities identify as jailed Brazilian drug trafficker Clauvino da Silva in disguise at a prison complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. (Rio de Janeiro Penitentiary Administration Secretariat via AP) A Brazilian gang leader is believed to have committed suicide three days after attempting to escape prison dressed as his 19-year-old daughter. Clauvino da Silva was found dead Tuesday in his cell at the high-security Bangu 1 prison in Rio de Janeiro state. He'd been transferred there following his failed jailbreak, the BBC reports, noting the 42-year-old was reportedly being held in solitary confinement. The AP describes death by hanging using a sheet. A member of the criminal group Red Command, Silva had been serving 73 years and 10 months at Bangu 3 jail for drug trafficking when he made a bid for freedom Saturday in a silicone mask, dark wig, glasses, pink T-shirt, bra, and tight jeans. His daughter is one of nine people being investigated over Silva's attempt. Per the BBC, he once escaped through the sewer system of a jail in Gericin in 2013. Read These Next ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel under pressure. ABC reporter's take on Kirk shooting suspect's texts flops. What people are saying about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. Dead girl in singer's Tesla had been missing for over a year. Report an error