The body of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci will arrive in Paraguay this Saturday, according to authorities

The murder of Marcelo Pecci: was the prosecutor the target of threats?

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(CNN Spanish) --

The body of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci will arrive in Paraguay this Saturday at dawn, the Secretary of Development for Connational Returnees and Refugees (Sederrec) reported on Thursday.

In a statement, they detailed that the plane that transports the coffin of the murdered anti-drug prosecutor this Tuesday in Colombia will leave Cartagena at 3:30 p.m. local time this Friday, will make a stopover in Panama and will arrive at the Silvio Pettirossi international airport at 4 in the Saturday morning.

• They organize repatriation of the body of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, murdered in Colombia

In an interview with Radio Monumental 1080 AM, the Sederrec minister, Edgar Ruiz, pointed out that once the rigorous procedures are completed before the pertinent authorities, the body will be delivered to the relatives.

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  The Paraguayan Prosecutor's Office reported in a statement this Thursday that a team of prosecutors and police officers is working with their peers in Colombia to clarify the crime.

He added that working mechanisms have been activated with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other US agencies. 

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 The general director of the Colombian National Police, General Jorge Luis Vargas, indicated that they are investigating the cases of the murdered prosecutor in search of possible perpetrators, according to statements made to the radio station La FM replicated on the institution's Twitter account. 

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"The prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was handling cases of radical international terrorism, drug trafficking, issues related to the Triple Frontier. He took several people to jail. The assassination was an organized crime plan," Vargas said, according to the Police.   

"Within the information that has been collected there are several names of people whom the prosecutor took to jail or extradited, including a member of Hezbollah. We continue to analyze several names," he added.   

The Paraguayan embassy in Colombia confirmed that they were unaware of Pecci's trip, so a security guard was not assigned to him.   

The Minister of the Interior of Paraguay, Federico González, had commented on Tuesday to CNN that Pecci did not request protection from either the Paraguayan or Colombian governments because it was a private trip. 

 Sanie López Garelli contributed to this report.

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