Weekly Report - 6 January 2004

PARAGUAY: Top police involved in new scandal

Southern Cone 24 April 2007 Modified: 06 January 2004 477 views

President Nicanor Duarte's plans to purge and modernise Paraguay's national police force may prove a greater challenge than anticipated. A prosecutor has accused 20 members of the force, including several high-ranking commissioners, of trying to involve him in a plan to steal part of the booty from a bank robbery.

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