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Concepción: Minors Arrested for Alleged Assaults
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Concepción: Minors Arrested for Alleged Assaults

From ABC Color · (36m ago) Spanish Critical tone

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were arrested in Concepción, Paraguay, in connection with at least two armed assaults.
  • Police recovered a .32 caliber revolver, believed to be used in the robberies, along with two live cartridges.
  • The suspects were handed over to the Concepción Juvenile Education Center following a judicial order.

Authorities in Concepción have apprehended two minors suspected of carrying out a series of armed assaults in the region. The arrests followed a swift investigation into two robbery incidents that occurred on May 2nd in the city center. The suspects, identified as a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, were detained after police executed search warrants in the San José Olero neighborhood.

Agentes de Investigaciones de Concepción, de la Comisaría Décima y el fiscal Joel Díaz Ferreira venían realizando pesquisas sobre dos casos de asaltos ocurridos el 2 de mayo último en el centro de la capital del primer departamento.

Details on the police investigation leading to the arrests.

During the operations, law enforcement officers, including detectives from Concepción and the Tenth Police Station, along with prosecutor Joel Díaz Ferreira, seized a .32 caliber revolver. This firearm is believed to be the weapon used to intimidate victims during the robberies. The weapon was found concealed in the storage compartment of a motorcycle at the residence of the 17-year-old suspect. Additionally, two unfired cartridges were discovered inside the revolver's cylinder.

El subjefe de Investigaciones de Concepción, comisario Nicolás Flecha, explicó que en la casa donde fue ubicado el menor de 17 años también se encontró un revólver calibre 32. El arma estaba oculta en la cajuela de una motocicleta; además, dentro del tambor del revólver fueron encontrados dos cartuchos sin percutir.

— Comisario Nicolás FlechaExplanation of the recovered firearm and its discovery.

Further evidence linking the suspects to the crimes was uncovered at the residence of the 16-year-old, where investigators found a pair of ripped blue jeans. This clothing item closely matched the description of attire worn by one of the assailants, as captured on surveillance footage from the targeted businesses. Both minors have been remanded to the Concepción Juvenile Education Center by judicial order, pending further legal proceedings.

Además, informó que en la casa donde fue detenido el menor de 16 años fue encontrado un pantalón jeans azul rasgado, similar al utilizado por uno de los asaltantes, según el video del circuito cerrado de los locales comerciales atracados.

Description of additional evidence found linking the suspects to the crime.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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