The Federal Police, together with the Civil Police of RJ, arrested, on Thursday (9), in Rio de Janeiro, a Paraguayan accused by the authorities of ordering the homicide of the Paraguayan Public Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, killed during his honeymoon. honey in Colombia in May 2022.
The prisoner was considered an international fugitive and wanted by Paraguayan Justice and Interpol for drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes.
He was a priority target in the international cooperation work carried out at the CCPI-RJ with the direct assistance of different Brazilian, South American and Interpol police forces.
After his approach by the Civil Police and confirmation of identity by the PF and foreign authorities, the representation of the PF’s Interpol filed a request for preventive detention for extradition of the target, which was urgently granted by the STF, after a favorable opinion from the Attorney General’s Office. of the Republic.
He remains imprisoned at the PF Superintendence in RJ until he is transferred to the Penitentiary System, awaiting the judgment of the extradition process.
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Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work fighting organized crime, was killed on the Colombian tourist island of Baru on May 10, 2022.
Pecci and his wife, Paraguayan journalist Claudia Aguilera, were on their honeymoon at a resort near the Caribbean city of Cartagena. They had announced Aguilera’s pregnancy on Instagram the same day.
At the time, Aguilera told Paraguayan media that the couple were approached by two men on a private beach connected to the hotel before her husband was shot. He has received no threats, she added.
Pecci, 45, was known for his work on high-profile cases against money laundering and drug trafficking.
He also led the investigation into the murder of the daughter of a regional governor last year and the case against former player Ronaldinho Gaúcho, who was arrested trying to enter Paraguay with an adulterated Paraguayan passport in 2020.
*With information from Reuters
Source: CNN Brasil
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