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Brazil & Southern Cone - August 2010 (ISSN 1741-4431)
PARAGUAY: Killing of presumed EPP leader triggers numerous questions
On 28 July, Severiano Martínez, a presumed leader of the Ejército del
Pueblo Paraguayo (EPP), was killed by members of Paraguay's anti-kidnap police
in Agua Dulce, in the department of Chaco. It was his third armed confrontation
with the security forces since February 2008. Martínez's death was hailed as a
triumph of the intelligence services, but his family and lawyer believe he was
executed by officers seeking revenge for the wounding of two agents during a
February 2006 shootout in Yaguareté Forest (San Pedro) and another police
officer and a local ranch owner in Agua Dulce on 14 April last.
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