Three men were detained by police after robbing two gas stations in Limpio on Sunday night. Among those arrested is a retired non-commissioned officer of the Armed Forces and a suspect known as 'Freddy Mercury'.
Comisaría 9ª Central
Comisaría de la Policía Nacional en el Departamento Central, Paraguay.
A 28-year-old woman was arrested by the National Police on suspicion of abandoning her own 2-year-old son inside a supermarket in the Juan de Salazar neighborhood of Limpio, Central Department. Security cameras captured the mother entering a dressing room and leaving the premises without the child, who remained alone in a shopping cart. The suspect denies abandonment, but the images contradict her version.
The National Police arrested Antonio Javier Duarte Samaniego, 31, and Digno Ariel Cibils Chaparro, 32, accused of stealing a 40-meter extension cable from Playa Pirayú in Carmen del Paraná. The material was recovered during a patrol in the San Blas neighborhood.
A large fire hit the Limpio Municipal Market on the afternoon of Sunday, May 17, 2026, destroying two commercial halls and mobilizing volunteer firefighters and the National Police. There were no casualties, but material damage is significant. The probable cause, according to initial reports, is an electrical fault, still under investigation.
A large fire consumed a commercial establishment at Limpio Market, Central Department, on the afternoon of May 18. Volunteer firefighters controlled the flames and there were no injuries, only material damage. The cause of the fire remains unknown.