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Brazil mayor was shot in ‘fake attack’ for election boost – but still lost in landslide

José Aprígio da Silva was seriously hurt in October by assailants with assault rifles but police say it was fakedAs campaign strategies go it was unorthodox and illegal: buy an AK-47, hire a pair of phony hitmen, and stage a fake assassination attempt against the mayor that would generate public sympathy and help him win a second term in power.That, Brazilian police claim, was the gameplan last October when, on the eve of the local election, an armoured vehicle carrying José Aprígio da Silva came under fire in Taboão da Serra, a town on the outskirts of São Paulo. Continue reading...



Brazilian mayor José Aprígio da Silva was seriously injured in a fake attack orchestrated by his supporters using an AK-47, aiming to generate sympathy and secure his re-election. The plan backfired as police uncovered the hoax, revealing that supporters paid 500,000 reais for the scheme. Despite the mayor's denial of involvement, he lost the election in a landslide to Daniel Plana Bogalho, who expressed satisfaction with the outcome.

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