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How violence took over the border between Paraguay and Brazil

Three high-impact news stories have put Paraguay on the international stage. First, it was the murder of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci during his honeymoon in Colombia on May 22, 2022.

Then, the United States added vice-president Hugo Velázquez to a list of corrupt persons on August 12. And finally, the murder of journalist Humberto Coronel in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero (September 6).

These three events have in common that they show a certain deterioration attributable to organized crime in the eyes of people who look at the Paraguayan reality from abroad.

Has something changed in Paraguay . . .

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