Jose Aprigio da Silva, the mayor of Taboao da Serra, allegedly orchestrated a staged assassination attempt to boost his re-election campaign. Police investigations revealed that his allies had allegedly hired fake shooters to shoot at his vehicle in a planned ambush. The incident was meant to evoke public sympathy that would aid Silva's bid for a second term. The plot, initially believed to be an attempt on his life, prompted outrage from top political leaders in Brazil, including President Lula, but was ultimately deemed a fraud after an extensive investigation.
As 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.
But this week police investigators said they believed the seemingly botched homicide was a fraud and launched a series of raids targeting suspected conspirators code-named Operation Hidden Fact.
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