Tag: Pedro Juan Caballero

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

  Four Paraguayan prison inmates dead in rival gang clash

  

  Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Police's Special Operations Group (GEO) and the riot squad were deployed to restore normalcy.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Radio host killed by hitmen in Paraguayan city of PJC

  

  Another reporter has been murdered in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero in yet another attack against the local broadcaster Radio Amambay 570, it was reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Paraguayan mayor in critical condition after taking 7 shots

  

  The 53-year-old mayor of the Paraguayan town of Pedro Juan Caballero was in critical condition early Wednesday following his assassination attempt Tuesday afternoon.