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Agricultural 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.
SENAD 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.
TikToker 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.
The 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.
A Brazilian man was arrested with cocaine in La Paloma, Paraguay, and assaulted a police officer inside a police station.
Three 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.
The 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.
During 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.
The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
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.
Following 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.
Judge 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.
Brazil'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.
The Public Prosecutor's Office seized a herd of cattle in Concepción, Paraguay, after authorities identified 13 animals with markings suggesting Brazilian origin among the 150 head being transported from Santa Rosa del Aguaray to Alto Paraguay. They are now awaiting a report from Senacsa to confirm the suspicion of smuggling.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the preventive detention of a 19-year-old Brazilian citizen, a migration consultant, accused of stealing a notarial seal from Escribanía Amarilla in Ciudad del Este, based on security footage that recorded the crime on May 25.
Son of former Paraguayan congresswoman Perla de Vázquez arrested in San Estanislao with cocaine, marijuana, and a weapon on suspicion of leading a drug trafficking ring in the region.
The Paraguayan justice system sentenced Rodrigo Sebastián Tamarasco to two years of effective imprisonment and the confiscation of equipment for stealing electricity from ANDE to conduct illegal cryptocurrency mining in Ciudad del Este, causing losses of approximately 381 thousand dollars.
Itaipú Binacional has launched five tenders totaling nearly US$11.4 million for private security services, gardening, tree pruning, and mineral water supply.
The Itaipú Technological Park Foundation opened a G. 11 billion bidding process for cell phone interception equipment for the National Police, while Tedic warns that such devices violate fundamental rights such as privacy and freedom of expression.
Paraguay is accelerating the modernization of its Armed Forces with U.S. support, including the purchase of armored vehicles and the creation of counterterrorism units to combat organized crime.
MITIC announced that access to platforms such as Portal Paraguay, MI IPS, and Digitalia will now require mandatory two-step authentication via SMS, in addition to a password, to strengthen digital security.