Paraguay - Organized crime's hand seen in border town radio station owner's murder

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders hopes for quick results from the police investigation into yesterday evening's murder of local radio station owner and manager Marcelino Vázquez in Pedro Juan Caballero, the capital of Amambay, an eastern department that borders Brazil. A marijuana-growing region with a reputation for being dangerous, Amambay is also a leading hub in the trafficking of so-called hard drugs to the Southern Cone countries. Its journalists are constantly exposed to threats, as are (...)

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