UN calls on Paraguay to investigate deaths of 11-year-olds in military operation

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ASUNCION: The Paraguayan government must investigate 'impartially and without delay' the deaths of two 11-year-old girls in a police and military ...

A soldier uses alcohol gel as he stands guard outside a morgue in Asuncion, on Sep 5, 2020, after the arrival of the remains of two 11-year-old Argentine girls killed in a raid against a rebel group.

On Friday evening, following a request from Paraguay, Argentina said it had consulted its national registry and established that the deceased were both 11 years of age and Argentine citizens. In a statement issued on Sunday, a pro-bono group called the Argentine Lawyers' Guild identified the girls as Lilian Villalba and Maria del Carmen Villalba, and said they were both nieces of Carmen Villalba, a known EPP member who is in jailed in Paraguay over her involvement in attacks, including one in which a policeman died.The group said the girls' parents were also EPP members and they had been in the area visiting family members.

 

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