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Witness and Paraguayan ex-president Cartes at odds over prosecutor Pecci's murder
Online News Editor
October 6, 2023
2 minutes read
Bogotá, Oct. 6 (EFE) – Francisco Correa, under investigation for the alleged organization of the murder of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci in Colombia in May 2022, accused former president Horacio Cartes (2013-2018) on Friday of planning the crime. Cartes says the accusation is baseless and fabricated.
Correa also accused drug trafficker Miguel Ángel Insfrán, aka “Tío Rico,” of being involved in the assassination.
Correa said in a hearing in Colombia that “Dr. Marcelo Pecci had imprisoned a brother of each of them (Cartes and Insfrán)” and “they were not going to stand still,” so they decided to murder Pecci.
“Both the former president and Mr. ‘Tío Rico’ were the ones who began planning and contacted the Pérez Hoyos brothers (Andrés Felipe and Ramón Emilio) and Lizeth Chacón Zúñiga, aka Mrs. Margaret, to murder of Dr. Marcelo,” said the witness.
Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes said on Friday that Correa’s accusation was “baseless.”
“I am extremely outraged by a baseless accusation that was clearly made with the desire to harm me,” the former leader posted on X (formerly Twitter).
More:
https://www.laprensalatina.com/witness-and-paraguayan-ex-president-cartes-at-odds-over-prosecutor-peccis-murder/