Weekly Report - 6 November 2014 (WR-14-44)
PARAGUAY: State promises action after high-profile murder
Representatives of the Paraguayan government, the judiciary and legislature met on 3 November to discuss measures to combat the influence of drug trafficking in politics. President Horacio Cartes convened the meeting in the presidential palace, two weeks after the high-profile murders of Pablo Medina, an investigative journalist working for the national daily ABC Color and his assistant, Antonia Almada. Medina is believed to have been killed over his investigations into drug trafficking.
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