Paraguay is run by organized crime.
Paraguay is run by organized crime.

Corruption in Paraguay: A Deep-Rooted Challenge to Governance and Development

Paraguay, a small landlocked country in South America, is often overshadowed in global discussions by its larger neighbors, Brazil and Argentina. However, beneath its tranquil exterior, Paraguay grapples with persistent...

Caazapa politicians harass teachers.
Caazapa politicians harass teachers.

Cristian Acosta, Pedro Díaz Verón, Avelino Dávalos harassing local teachers refusing to join their meeting.

They denounce that teachers were herded to a political meeting in the Colorado section of Caazapá.
They reported that teachers were herded into a meeting of List 1, held at the Colorado...

Senator Pedro “Pipo” Díaz Verón a corrupt politician?
Senator Pedro “Pipo” Díaz Verón a corrupt politician?

Pedro “Pipo” Díaz Verón doubled his assets in two years. Pedro “Pipo” Díaz Verón (Colorado Cartista), governor of Caazapá and brother of the accused former Attorney General of the State Javier Díaz Verón, doubled his assets in two years, according to a comparison of his tax report.

The...

Lawyer is shot at but the prosecutors office is not interested in the crime.
Lawyer is shot at but the prosecutors office is not interested in the crime.

Lawyer César Martínez Téllez reported that he has already been the victim of several threats and an attack 10 days ago when his home was shot at in the early hours of the morning. That incident was recorded on video and the bullets hit his gate and his car. He claimed that the Prosecutor's...

Death of the German consul caused by drunk millionaire Sanabria Vierci.
Death of the German consul caused by drunk millionaire Sanabria Vierci.

The triple crash , involving Sanabria Vierci, claimed the lives of four people, including the German consul Kristin María Blumenröther, her husband, Darío Jacquet, and her son, Philippe Jacquet.

Asunción: Enrique Jacquet, brother of Osvaldo Jacquet, complained that the judge in charge of...

Santiago Peña “interfered” in the Erico Galeano case.
Santiago Peña “interfered” in the Erico Galeano case.

Santiago Peña “interfered” in the Erico Galeano case and maintaining it is a “hypocrisy,” says former minister
Former Justice Minister Cecilia Pérez said today that the President of the Republic, Santiago Peña, “interfered” in the case of the Cartista senator Erico Galeano, accused in the...

US sanctions have irrefutable technical and legal basis.
US sanctions have irrefutable technical and legal basis.

Asunción: A Colombian expert warns of the advance of organized crime in the country and in the region. He considers the HC-US situation to be difficult, it is virtually impossible for the US to lift the sanctions against former President Horacio Cartes.

In an interview, Juan Carlos Buitrago,...

German couple attacked and severely abused.
German couple attacked and severely abused.

Mbocayaty: A German couple was attacked and severely abused. The criminals apparently took advantage of the fact that the local police station is no longer staffed due to personnel changes.

According to reports from neighbors, there were apparently no police forces at the Capitán Samudio police...

Violent strangers attack German couple
Violent strangers attack German couple

Serious robbery was registered in a house in the Felix Perez Cardozo area.
The victims are the German couple Torsten J. Gäbelein (56) and Birgit Gäbelein (54).

According to the police complaint, the perpetrators stole about 20,000,000 guaranies, 200 US dollars, a black Samsung mobile phone and...

Robberies in Paraguay.
Robberies in Paraguay.

Monthly number of robberies in Paraguay in 2023, by degree of severity.
In 2023, there were nearly 5,884 cases of robbery and just under 14,500 cases of aggravated robbery in Paraguay.
May was the month with the highest incidence of both aggravated and common robbery, with 1,380 and 596 cases,...

Paraguayan airspace is in the hands of organized crime.
Paraguayan airspace is in the hands of organized crime.

The government of Paraguay does not want a radar system that could monitor commercial air traffic because it would also track the airplanes used by drug smuggling cartels for cocaine trafficking.

Paraguay is in the "open air": Only 3% of the sky is covered with a half-baked radar
With the...