The murder of Marcelo Pecci: was the prosecutor the target of threats?
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At least 17 people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in Colombia last week, according to authorities in that country.
The body of prosecutor Marcelo Pecci arrived in Paraguay
Jorge Luis Vargas, director of the Colombian National Police, said in a press release that the 17 detainees have pending extradition requests and that nine countries are looking for them on drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
Among those detained are citizens of Colombia, Venezuela, Italy, the Dominican Republic, the Netherlands and Albania, according to Vargas.
The body of anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci arrived in Paraguay 0:31
The police highlighted the capture of Diego Mauricio Blanco, the alleged head of one of the largest cocaine trafficking operations in Brazil, known as 'Clan Rocha', which has ties to the structure of the First Capital Command (PCC) of Brazil, one of the groups that prosecutor Pecci was investigating.
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"The main leader of this organization, which had the capacity to produce and send about 5 tons of cocaine per month to the United States, Africa and Europe from Bolivia, Peru and Colombia, was Luis Carlos Rocha, captured in 2017 and replaced by Joao Suárez Rocha, current leader," the Colombian police statement said.
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Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was shot dead by armed men on a beach on the island of Barú last Tuesday, while on his honeymoon with his wife.
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