Same Gun Used in Two Greengrocer Murders in Paraguay, Police Confirm

Ballistics analysis has confirmed that the firearm used to kill greengrocer Carlos Nelson Núñez in Ypané was also used in another murder in May. Paraguayan National Police have arrested a Brazilian national with an extensive criminal history as the primary suspect in Núñez's killing.

The police confirmed that the bullets recovered from the murder of Carlos Nelson Núñez, who was shot in front of his four-year-old daughter in Costa Alegre, Ypané, were linked to the earlier crime. The same weapon was used to kill Rafael Antonio García Aguayo in San Antonio in May.

The suspect, identified as Eleuterio Altamirano, a Brazilian citizen with numerous prior convictions, was apprehended. According to local reports, Altamirano has a long history of violent crimes but was reportedly free at the time of his arrest.

This is the second greengrocer murdered with the same weapon in recent months. In May, Rafael Antonio García was shot while arriving at his business in San Antonio. Security footage showed two assailants struggling with García before one shot him multiple times. He died days later. In the Ypané case, the assailants stole approximately 25 million Paraguayan guaranis in cash after shooting Núñez.