Colombian police arrest suspects in Paraguayan prosecutor's murder

Colombian authorities reported Friday that the suspects in the murder of Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, gunned down on a Colombian Caribbean beach three weeks ago during his honeymoon, were captured and will appear in court.

The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, broke the news from the United States, where he is visiting, while his counterpart from Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, thanked the Colombian organisations for their support on Twitter.

Pecci was assassinated on May 10 on the island of Barú, near Cartagena, while he was enjoying his honeymoon with his wife, the Paraguayan journalist Claudia Aguilera, whom he had married in Asunción on April 30 and was waiting for. a son.

The 45-year-old prosecutor was investigating cases of drug trafficking and organised crime. His murder, committed by a hit man who arrived on a jet ski at the beach of the Decameron hotel where the couple was staying, shocked Paraguayan society.

From the Joint Base Andrews, on the outskirts of Washington, the Colombian president expressed his solidarity with the prosecutor's family and with the Paraguayan people, and congratulated the speed of action by the authorities "to show the world that no one is above the law".

"This is an intelligence operation, with meticulous work that has allowed us to reach this criminal structure, and these criminals will be put at the disposal of a guarantee control judge," he assured.