Paraguayan police kill three people near Brazilian border

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Three alleged Brazilian nationals died this Thursday in a shootout with Police. Paraguayan In the city of Pedro Juan Caballero (east), on the border with Brazil, a police officer also died that day while responding to a call that an attempted burglary had been attempted. Xavier Flores, chief of investigation in the Amambay department of the Paraguay National Police, told EFE that the victims, whose identities could not be verified because fingerprint records were not available in Paraguay, were between the ages of 20 and 35. .

The police chief stated that the alleged assailants rented a house that was surrounded by a wall, blocking the view from outside and inside. 9-millimeter pistols, ammunition and “about 1000 kilos of marijuana” were found.. Flores explained that the conflict broke out after one of the occupants. Police officers opened fire who came to the scene as part of the operation.

Police began searching for the perpetrators of the attempted attack on the home of the owner of a currency exchange business in the capital, Amambay, hours ago, supported by surveillance footage. Local media reported that at least six people who had previously taken the owner’s son hostage broke into the home with firearms and, in the custody of the kidnappers, alerted his staff, apparently by activating a panic button. nearby substation. One of the police officers who answered the call – ID Esteban Ramón Cañete, 44 years old – dead Clashes with alleged aggressors and another, 33-year-old Ésver Ortega, were injured.

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