Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor killed on Colombia honeymoon
Source: BBC
Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor killed on Colombia honeymoon
By George Wright
BBC News
11 May 2022
A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor who fought against organised crime in his home country has been shot dead during his honeymoon in Colombia.
Marcelo Pecci was on a beach on the idyllic tourist island of Baru when he was killed by two gunmen.
Hours before the shooting, Mr Pecci's wife had announced on Instagram that she was pregnant.
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez described the shooting as a "cowardly murder".
His wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, said that they were approached by two men on a private beach before her husband was shot. She said he had not received any threats.
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Many of the cases Pecci handled involved mafia groups from the Triple Border, said Vargas
Two Lebanese nationals and a Brazilian citizen are suspected of having been involved in the murder of Paraguayan Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci while he was honeymooning in Colombia with his wife Claudia Aguilera earlier this week, it was reported.
According to the El Colombiano website, the three suspects are linked to the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
“The authorities of Colombia, the United States, and Paraguay put the spotlight on three names that had been hidden until now: Kassed Mohamad Hijazi, Nader Mohamad Farhat, and Mahmoud Alí Barakat,” the report said.
The three suspects had been arrested at some point on Pecci's orders for their alleged involvement in money-laundering activities. All three of them had been extradited to the United States for their financial maneuvers with drug-trafficking money.
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https://en.mercopress.com/2022/05/12/colombian-media-say-international-terrorism-had-to-do-with-prosecutor-s-killing
