Overview
- Paraguay's SENAD and CODI intercepted a caravan in Canindeyú that departed Villa Ygatimí toward Saltos del Guairá on a route used to move drugs into Argentina.
- Nineteen vehicles were stopped, including two tractor‑trailers, with five suspects detained, one suspect killed, and at least one wounded during gunfire.
- Authorities named detainees Andrés Medina Britez and Mauro Zarza Suárez, and identified the deceased as Sergio Daniel González Aguilera.
- Officials said the more than 70 tonnes of seized marijuana are being secured for final weighing and planned destruction as investigators pursue remaining network members.
- Separately in Salta, Argentina, Gendarmería detained a Paraguayan man at a Caraparí checkpoint and, after medical treatment, confirmed he had carried 113 high‑purity cocaine capsules; federal justice ordered 60 days of preventive detention and notified the Paraguayan consulate, and the man told officers he intended to fly from Ezeiza to Frankfurt.