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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 11:50 UTC

Tag: Paraguayan People's Army

  • Tuesday, October 15th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    EPP guerrilla suspects no longer refugees in Argentina

    Villalba is currently in jail for a kidnapping perpetrated by the EPP

    Relatives of Paraguayan guerrilla leader Carmen Villalba sheltering in Argentina were stripped of their refugee status by the administration of President Javier Milei and could soon be extradited to stand trial, it was reported in Asunción. “The news that we have confirmed is that their political asylum was withdrawn, they are not politicians,” Interior Minister Enrique Riera confirmed.

  • Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 09:31 UTC

    Paraguayan guerrilla frees two Mennonite men held hostage, following ransom payment

    The two Mennonites were abducted by the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP), a Marxist rebel group which has carried out a string of kidnappings and killings

    A Paraguayan guerrilla group has freed two Mennonite men it had been holding hostage for five months. The two were released after their families paid a ransom and handed over food to local communities, Paraguayan media report.