A man, apparently Brazilian, was shot in San Pedro in an alleged sicariato attack. The victim, who worked as a panel beater, was taken to the Regional Hospital and underwent surgery; his health condition is unknown.
Hospital Regional de Pedro Juan Caballero
Centro de salud al que fue trasladado el condenado tras sufrir lesiones en el incidente.
Félix Leonor Quiñónez Herrera was sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempted homicide that occurred in May 2022 in Pedro Juan Caballero, after shooting at a driver who, in retaliation, ran him over. The unanimous sentence was handed down by a Sentencing Court, based on documentary and testimonial evidence presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
Liz Mabel Benítez Báez, 23, was detained in Villarrica after a chase that included shots fired at the vehicle where she was with her three-month-old daughter. Inside the car and on her body, more than 48 grams of split cocaine were found.
The city of Pedro Juan Caballero, in the department of Amambay, was the scene of three notable events in May 2026: a fire that destroyed the home of an 85-year-old woman, the death of the city's oldest woman at age 110, and the shooting murder of a Brazilian mechanic, in a case treated as possible contract killing.