Friday, March 29

Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor assassinated during his honeymoon in Colombia


  • The Colombian and US authorities are involved in the investigations of the event

Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, specialized in organized crime, He was killed in an alleged attack while on his honeymoon in Cartagena, in Colombia, as confirmed on Tuesday by the Paraguayan ambassador to the country, Sophia López Garelli.

pecci, with experience in units against drug trafficking, money laundering and financing of terrorism in the Paraguayan Prosecutor’s Office, has been shot in an attack perpetrated by unidentified persons on a beach on an island in the Barú peninsula, in the city of Cartagena.

Preliminary information released by Colombian media indicates that the crime was perpetrated by two people who approached the prosecutor on a jet ski and they opened fire from there. Pecci has been transferred to a health center, but he has already arrived lifeless.

He had moved to Cartagena with his wife, Claudia Aguilera, with whom he married on April 30. Hours earlier, Aguilera, who was unharmed, had announced on social media that the couple was expecting their first child, according to the Paraguayan newspaper ‘ABC Color’.

The Paraguayan Foreign Ministry has reported that has asked López Garelli to contact the prosecutor’s wife and with the Colombian authorities in order to gather as much information as possible. Consul Romy Romero is already on her way to Cartagena to closely follow the investigations.

For his part, the president of Paraguay, Mario Abdo, has published a message on his Twitter social network profile to condemn the “cowardly murder” de Pecci, an event that, he says, puts the entire country in mourning.

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“We condemn in the strongest terms this tragic event and redouble our commitment fighting organized crime. Our sincere condolences to their families,” Abdo said.

Through the same channel, the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, has transferred the rejection of the Colombian authorities to what happened and has reported that he has had a conversation with Abdo to communicate his condolences and “agree on all cooperation to find those responsible”.

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“The director of the Colombian Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, is already in the city to carry out the investigations,” added the Colombian president. In fact, Vargas has reported that he has ordered the “immediate transfer of a team” from the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Colombian Police.

“The perpetrators will be located and brought to justice. Top priority to this case.” The police director has indicated in a video published on his social networks, where he also indicates that he is in contact with the Paraguayan authorities to receive a police delegation that will be integrated into the device deployed by Bogotá. The United States will also support the investigation, according to Vargas.




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