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The Federal Revenue Service of Foz do Iguaçu is holding the Contraband Expo at the Brazilian customs post to warn tourists about seized prohibited goods at the border crossing of the International Friendship Bridge.
puente-de-la-amistadciudad-del-estecontrabando-hormigaBrazil has enacted the Agreement on Police Cooperation Applicable to the Border Areas of Mercosur, signed by President Lula and published in the Official Gazette of the Union, allowing pursuits and joint operations among the security forces of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay in border zones.
mercosurluiz-inacio-lula-da-silvabento-goncalvesThe Ministry of Justice seized cell phones from the cells of Ramón González Daher and his son Fernando González during a security search at UPIE in the early hours of Thursday, the 11th.
unidad-penitenciaria-industrial-esperanzaramon-gonzalez-daherfernando-gonzalezThe Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Police dismantled a money laundering criminal organization linked to cigarette and agrochemical smuggling in Guaíra (PR), involving more than 375 million reais between 2019 and 2024, during Operation Sicarius, which executed 120 court orders across several Brazilian states.
mato-grosso-do-sulguairaThe Argentine National Gendarmerie intercepted an abandoned truck in Villa Nueva, Córdoba, carrying about 1,100 liters of liquid ecstasy, a synthetic drug that is believed to have entered the country through the San Ignacio de Loyola crossing from Paraguay.
cordobavilla-nuevapresidente-hayesPaulo Cándido Oliveira Da Silva, 39, considered the "ambassador" of the Comando Vermelho in Paraguay, was arrested in Luque during Operation Puma Py and expelled from the country in June 2026. He reportedly confessed to Brazilian authorities to the murders of 18 people during his time in Paraguay, including the killing of Arnaldo Rotela Gauto, known as "the king of cattle rustling," who was killed in Yuty in August 2024.
paulo-candido-oliveira-da-silvacomando-vermelhoyutyluqueSince 2001, the armed group EPP has carried out 17 kidnappings in Paraguay, collecting over 3 million dollars in ransom and leaving several victims murdered or missing.
ejercito-del-pueblo-paraguayoalmir-de-brumluis-alberto-lindstron-piccorobert-nattofidel-santiago-zavala-serratiUruguayan Sebastián Marset Cabrera used Paraguay as an operational base for his international drug trafficking network between 2020 and 2021, coordinating Bolivian and Paraguayan mafias to stockpile and export large volumes of cocaine to Europe and Africa. He was arrested in Bolivia in March and extradited to the United States, where he faces charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
sebastian-marsetmiguel-angel-insfranpresidente-hayesAgricultural producer Almir de Brum, 32, was released this Thursday, April 4, after more than three months in captivity by the armed group EPP in Canindeyú, without any ransom payment, and is now at his home under the protection of state security forces.
almir-de-brumejercito-del-pueblo-paraguayocanindeyuSENAD agents eradicated approximately 18 tons of marijuana and dismantled two camps used for drug production in Bella Vista Norte, in the department of Amambay, following an operation carried out in the area known as Cascada.
senadbella-vista-nortecascadacelso-moralesTikToker Jabari Stephan Brown, known as Treezy and co-pilot of the executive jet that arrived from the United States carrying 261 kilograms of drugs, testified on Thursday in a pretrial evidence hearing before Organized Crime Judge Rosarito Montanía. He cooperated with the investigation and is allowed to leave the country after giving his testimony.
jabari-stephan-brownrafael-fernandezrosarito-montaniaingrid-cubillaThe National Police's Anti-Narcotics Department arrested Paulo Candio Oliveira, a 39-year-old Brazilian and key link in the Comando Vermelho, during Operativo Puma PY in the Cuarto Barrio neighborhood of Luque, where a cell phone, a laptop, sheets of cocaine, and other evidence were seized. He will be deported from Paraguay and handed over to Brazil.
comando-vermelholuquepaulo-candio-oliveiracuarto-barrioA Brazilian man was arrested with cocaine in La Paloma, Paraguay, and assaulted a police officer inside a police station.
la-palomacanindeyuThree armed and hooded men posing as police officers and SENAD agents broke into the home of 38-year-old prison officer Manuel Galván in San Salvador, Guairá, stealing approximately G. 280 million in cash, weapons, a cell phone, and two motorcycles.
san-salvadorsenadmanuel-galvanguairaThe guarantees judge ordered the preventive detention of three Americans accused of international trafficking of 261 kg of high-purity marijuana, seized from an executive jet that came from Miami with a stopover in Panama.
tacumbudavid-thomas-wiserosarito-montaniamarisol-rivasDuring Basilio Bachi Núñez's tenure at the National Congress, two officials — Catherine Larissa Benítez Pascottini, a prospective city council candidate in Ñemby for the Honor Colorado movement, and Adilson Sosa, the son of a Villa Hayes city councilor — were hired and promoted with significant salary increases within just a few months, prompting allegations of influence peddling and waste of public resources.
basilio-nunezvilla-hayeshonor-coloradoThe National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) intercepted a jet from Miami carrying approximately 261 kilograms of premium marijuana on Saturday and detained several U.S. citizens at a private hangar at Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque, as part of the Colibrí Program.
senaddnitmiamiThe Electoral Court began distributing 16,582 electronic ballot boxes and election kits on Sunday, May 31, for the June 7 simultaneous primary elections, with shipments by land, river, and air to various departments of Paraguay, coordinated by the National Police, Military Forces, and Public Prosecutor's Office.
alto-paraguayitapuaalto-paranacaaguazuThe Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay approved on May 26 a bill that increases the penalty for false accusations to up to six years in prison when it results in restrictive measures on freedom, such as preventive detention, and the text was sent to the Senate for review.
yamil-esgaibParaguay 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.
enrique-rieramercosurpuerto-murtinhoThe 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.
cielo-guarani-soberanosantiago-penarobert-altera-29-super-tucanosenadFollowing the detection of an unauthorized drone flying over Module 7 of the Minga Guazú Penitentiary, where members of the PCC and Miguel Ángel Insfrán are held, a search conducted by authorities found no illegal items at the site.
miguel-angel-insfranpccJudge Francisco Acevedo granted the Public Prosecutor's Office a four-month extension to conclude its investigation into businesswoman Dalia López, who is accused of producing forged documents and criminal association for facilitating the acquisition of Paraguayan identity cards and passports for Ronaldinho Gaúcho and his brother. The new deadline has been set for October 2, while López remains under house arrest with an electronic ankle monitor.
dalia-lopezfrancisco-acevedoBrazil's Federal Police rescued ten Paraguayan women who were victims of human trafficking in Santa Helena, Paraná, during an operation to dismantle a network accused of sexual exploitation and slave-like labor.
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