The Ciudad del Este Trial Court sentenced eight police officers to between seven and 12 years for the double homicide of Alex Ortiz Estigarribia and Gloria Espínola Cáceres, who died after a pursuit of Carlos Cato Cabrera, while two officers were acquitted and Jaime Javier Ramírez Brítez was not tried at this stage.
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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.
Prison officers intercepted a package with explosive substances at Minga Guazú prison, leading to an investigation into possible dynamite manufacturing, while in an unrelated event, a driver was shot dead in Pedro Juan Caballero.
Paraguayan police dismantle a clandestine Tirzepatide falsification laboratory in Pedro Juan Caballero, seize a thousand vials, and detain three people in an operation investigating a cross-border distribution circuit for the lucrative black market of the drug.
The Paraguay National Police has appointed new directors of Prevention and Security in Asunción and nine departments, including a replacement in command of Alto Paraná following a series of million-dollar robberies, as part of a broad operational restructuring based on the institution's reform law.