Paraguay: Violent confrontation between police and campesinos during eviction
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
[Translations of two articles from the Venezuelan website TeleSur for June 15 and 18. See originals here and here.]
At least 17 killed during eviction of campesinos
At least 17 dead, ten of them campesinos and seven police agents, was the result of a confrontation between police and campesinos during a violent eviction from rural land [in Curuguaty, in the southeastern department of Canindeyú] belonging to a Paraguayan businessman.
According to local authorities, the confrontations between the police and the campesinos also resulted in at least 80 people with injuries, some minor and others serious. Among those injured is a two-year-old girl, the TeleSur correspondent reports… (more…)