Paraguay raised its health alert, stepped up inspections against the smuggling of poultry and pork products, and proposed a permanent technical working group after avian influenza was detected in domestic birds in Uruguay.
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Paraguay’s Ministry of the Interior projects increasing the National Police force to 42,611 officers by December 2026, with 5,000 new graduates, stronger training and internal controls, while Minister Enrique Riera acknowledges that the expansion will not eliminate the sense of insecurity.
Paraguay’s Interior Minister Enrique Riera said the armed group EPP will be eliminated and the three abducted people who remain missing — Edelio Morínigo, Félix Urbieta and Óscar Denis — found by the end of his term. Former minister Francisco de Vargas warned that the group retains operational capacity and called for stronger security forces.
The minister of the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) defended an operation in Paraguay that killed an indigenous leader and a teacher, denying summary executions in the face of criticism from politicians and human rights groups.
During a televised debate, Paraguay's Interior Minister Enrique Riera accused criminologist Juan Martens of having links to organized crime after he linked a fatal attack on a police station to corruption and the actions of criminal factions in the Canindeyú department.
After an attack on a police post in Naranjito, authorities and a former deputy presented conflicting versions attributing the attack to the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) in alliance with drug traffickers, to organized crime alone over a drug debt, or denying any link to drug trafficking.
Attack on a Paraguayan police station leaves three dead, reignites debate over the EPP's restructuring, and exposes rifts within security forces and concerns among rural producers.
A large armed group attacked a police outpost in Canindeyú, leaving three dead, reigniting criticism of public security, with the main suspects being the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP), an armed group, or organized crime factions.
Senator Lilian Samaniego defended the continued tenure of the IPS Board of Directors, while an internal audit contradicted the allegation of financial damage to Banco Atlas in the trust fund case.
The Paraguayan Senate approved a declaration demanding that the Minister of the Interior, Enrique Riera, provide a transparent explanation for the death of a 22-year-old man during a police operation in Alberdi, investigating a possible case of excessive use of force.
Former senator Hernán Rivas will stand trial next Tuesday for falsifying a university degree, after being represented by a public defender appointed at the last minute when all his previous lawyers resigned.
Paraguay and Meta officially launch the MAFE Alert system, which uses Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger to notify users within a 160-kilometer radius and expedite the search for missing children and adolescents.
The removal of Zulma Díaz Penayo from the Education Ministry's universities directorate has widened into a broader debate over oversight, accreditation and transparency in Paraguay's higher education system.
After a six-month absence, Senator Carlos Núñez returned to the Honor Colorado movement, a decision made following a meeting with the president of the ANR and leader of the movement, Horacio Cartes.
Paraguay's Interior Minister Enrique Riera has proposed adopting a Brazilian bank security system that destroys cash during robberies by cutting and saturating bills with security ink when a forced entry into vaults is detected.
Paraguay and Brazil signed a police and border security cooperation agreement and the "2026 Asunción Commitment against Corruption and Organized Crime" during Mercosur ministerial meetings, including joint actions against corruption, money laundering, integration of migration systems, and the creation of the Puerto Murtinho–Carmelo Peralta binational command.
The Paraguayan government has reactivated the "Cielo Guaraní Soberano" program with U.S. support to shield its airspace against drug trafficking, integrating intelligence, radars, and Super Tucano aircraft without shoot-down authorization.