Joaõ Morel, 47, was shot about 47 times in the María Victoria neighborhood of Pedro Juan Caballero. He was taken to a hospital in Punta Porã but did not survive. The suspects fled in a gray Toyota Allion.
Sicariato
The city of Pedro Juan Caballero, in the department of Amambay, was the scene of three notable events in May 2026: a fire that destroyed the home of an 85-year-old woman, the death of the city's oldest woman at age 110, and the shooting murder of a Brazilian mechanic, in a case treated as possible contract killing.
A man, apparently Brazilian, was shot in San Pedro in an alleged sicariato attack. The victim, who worked as a panel beater, was taken to the Regional Hospital and underwent surgery; his health condition is unknown.