A traffic accident on the morning of this Monday (18) left a 22-year-old young man injured on Avenida Médicos del Chaco in Asunción. The driver lost control of the vehicle after a tire blowout and collided with a tree on the median strip, being rescued and taken to the Trauma Hospital.
Sistema de Emergencias 911
Sistema de emergencias de Paraguay que recibió el reporte del incendio.
On Saturday, May 17, two homicides were recorded in Cambyretá, Itapúa. A 28-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on a rural road, and another charred body was discovered inside a burned vehicle. Investigations are ongoing.
A large fire hit the Limpio Municipal Market on the afternoon of Sunday, May 17, 2026, destroying two commercial halls and mobilizing volunteer firefighters and the National Police. There were no casualties, but material damage is significant. The probable cause, according to initial reports, is an electrical fault, still under investigation.
A 42-year-old woman was detained in Ypané after allegedly assaulting her husband and two young daughters, spreading gasoline inside the house, and threatening to set it on fire. Police intervened after neighbors called 911.
Police and the Public Prosecutor's Office are investigating the appearance of a corpse on a dirt road in Colônia Paraná, district of Cambyretá, Itapúa. The victim, still unidentified, was wearing a Club Olimpia t-shirt and had an injury to the orbital region.