Overview

• Wenceslao Benoit was discovered on August 7 roughly five kilometers from the Cerro León entrance after rangers had located his abandoned vehicle days earlier
• Members of the Ayoreo Totobiegosode community led the search that uncovered his body about one kilometer from the vehicle
• Investigators reported no external injuries and are awaiting forensic results to confirm dehydration or exhaustion as the likely cause of death
• The multi-agency operation involved park rangers, police, firefighters, drones and aircraft coordinated by the Paraguayan Ministry of Defense
• Prosecutors have opened a formal inquiry into the circumstances of Benoit’s disappearance and death ahead of the autopsy report