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🇵🇾 Paraguay /Crime & Justice

Former Mariscal Estigarribia mayor sentenced to remain in prison until July 2030

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A Paraguayan court ruled that former Mariscal Estigarribia mayor Eladio Ramón Alcaraz will complete his four-year-and-six-month sentence on July 17, 2030.
  • Alcaraz was convicted over the misuse of 1.054 billion guaraníes intended for Indigenous communities, and may seek parole from Jan. 15, 2029.
  • Authorities arrested him on Aug. 23 at a military barracks in Mariscal Estigarribia.

Former Mariscal Estigarribia mayor Eladio Ramón Alcaraz will remain behind bars until July 17, 2030, under a ruling issued after his arrest.

Judge Carlos Luis Mendoza, who handles specialized cases involving economic crimes, corruption and organized crime, calculated that Alcaraz must serve four years and six months for breach of trust. Paraguay’s Supreme Court made the conviction final in July.

The case concerns a 1.054 billion-guaraní loss to the municipality in 2013. Prosecutors said money from the National Public Investment and Development Fund, known as Fonacide, should have gone to Indigenous communities in the district but was used for the mayor’s private purposes.

Alcaraz was convicted in March 2025 but delayed entering prison. Police captured him at 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 23 at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Army’s Third Corps in Mariscal Estigarribia, in Boquerón department. The judge said he can apply for conditional release from Jan. 15, 2029.

Calculating the sentence mathematically, the custodial sentence of four years and six months will be completed on July 17, 2030.

— Carlos Luis MendozaThe judge’s ruling set the date when Alcaraz will complete his prison term.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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