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Prosecutors Urge Supreme Court to Unblock Cases Against Convicted Politicians

From ABC Color · () Spanish

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

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  • Paraguay’s prosecution service has urged the Supreme Court’s criminal chamber to rule on appeals filed by former Nueva Colombia mayor Nelzo López and Paraguarí mayor Marcelo Simbrón.
  • López received an eight-year sentence over the alleged embezzlement of 2.7 billion guaraníes, while Simbrón received a sentence of three years and eight months.
  • The cases await a third judicial vote, leaving the convictions unresolved and prompting prosecutors to ask whether the politicians will return to prison.

Paraguay’s prosecution service has urged the Supreme Court’s criminal chamber to resolve appeals filed by two Colorado Party politicians convicted in corruption cases.

Former Nueva Colombia mayor Nelzo López received an eight-year prison sentence and a four-year ban on holding public office after being found guilty of breach of trust and self-dealing. The case involved the alleged diversion of 2.7 billion guaraníes during the 2013, 2014 and 2015 fiscal years.

López appealed to the Supreme Court, leaving the sentence unenforceable. He obtained conditional release in July 2025 after serving the minimum period required under the sentence. The case remains before the criminal chamber, which consists of María Carolina Llanes, Alberto Joaquín Martínez Simón and Eugenio Jiménez Rolón, and is awaiting the third vote.

The chamber’s last action came on Aug. 11, 2025, when it digitally selected Llanes as the reporting judge. Prosecutor Arce filed an urgent request in August seeking to establish whether López and current Paraguarí mayor Marcelo Simbrón will return to prison to serve their corruption sentences.

Simbrón was identified in the investigation as one of the “ghost suppliers” in Nueva Colombia. He filed an extraordinary appeal against his sentence of three years and eight months. The prosecution’s request seeks to move both cases forward after the appeals left the convictions pending.

ghost suppliers

· Prosecution investigationThe investigation identified Marcelo Simbrón as one of the alleged fictitious suppliers in Nueva Colombia.
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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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