Paraguay
MEXICO CITY - A suspected drug cartel member has been arrested as an alleged accomplice in the shooting of star Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabanas, Mexican federal police announced Wednesday.
ASUNCION, Paraguay - A New York man was arrested in Paraguay and ordered held Wednesday pending extradition to the United States on charges of conspiring to finance the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, which Washington classifies as a terrorist organization.
PEDRO JUAN CABALLERO, Paraguay - Paraguay today is what Colombia was a few decades ago: a country with vast stretches of territory beyond the reach of police, where a band of leftist guerrillas now has access to drug-trafficking cash to fund its war on wealthy landowners.
ASUNCION, Paraguay - A Paraguayan senator who narrowly survived an ambush by gunmen said his country's remote border with Brazil is coming to resemble Mexico's violence-wracked Ciudad Juarez.
ASUNCION, Paraguay - Lawmakers gave Paraguay's president and army emergency powers resembling martial law Saturday to pursue a guerrilla group known for its kidnappings in the north of the country.
