The Paraguayan government has completed Operativo Umbral 3.5, transferring 618 inmates to permanently separate convicted prisoners from those awaiting trial, as mandated by the National Constitution.
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The Government of Paraguay, in partnership with Starlink, has launched 1,600 high-speed internet kits to connect rural schools, health centers, and remote communities, benefiting more than 50,000 students and teachers.
In an inter-institutional workshop organized by the Ministry of Justice, deputies and representatives of the Executive branch discussed the implementation of the Public Information Access Law, focusing on government transparency and strengthening democracy.
Cartist deputies Rocío Abed and Yamil Esgaib, who chair committees on the topic, either failed to attend or left early from an institutional event on public access to information, drawing criticism over their commitment to transparency.
Former senator Erico Galeano, sentenced to 13 years for money laundering and criminal association in the A Ultranza Py operation, awaits a decision on his place of detention. While the Ministry of Justice says the National Center for Pretrial Detainees (former Tacumbú) can house him, the defense argues the facility poses a risk to the health and safety of the politician, who is a colon cancer survivor.
With the transfer of 361 female inmates to the COMPLE in Emboscada, the Paraguayan government eliminates mixed units and closes the women's prison in Ciudad del Este, complying with the constitutional separation of pretrial and convicted inmates.
The Paraguayan government announced a restructuring of the female prison system, turning the Emboscada Penitentiary Complex into the country's only prison exclusively for women. The measure includes the definitive closure of the Juana María de Lara Penitentiary Center in Ciudad del Este and the elimination of mixed units in five cities.