Alessandro Simao Bloch and Antonio Varela Giret were detained in simultaneous operations in Corpus Christi and La Paloma. They are accused of belonging to a gang that forced victims to transfer millions of guaranis via mobile phone.
Antonio Varela Giret
Detenido por ser propietario de una cuenta bancaria utilizada para transferencias ilícitas en el asalto de Katueté.
Three hooded men broke into a house in the Santa Isabel neighborhood of Katueté, Canindeyú, and held two women hostage for nearly two hours. They took about 28 million guaranis in cash, made bank transfers of approximately 29.4 million guaranis, and fled in a Volkswagen Saveiro. Police recovered the vehicle abandoned in a cornfield and arrested Antonio Varela Giret, owner of one of the accounts used in the transfers.