Think we have a problem here.

[marcell]

What do you think?

(Folha de Sao Paulo) - On the boundary between the cities of Foz do Iguaçu (PR), Brazil, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, the Parana River is the setting of recurrent shootouts at least two months. Postings on opposite banks of the river and equipped with heavy arsenal, Navy Paraguayan and Brazilian Federal Police officers shoot each other since March.

The clashes are the result of actions of organized crime, practiced by Paraguayans and Brazilians and that is spreading across the border. There is no formal evidence of institutional conflict between the countries, strategic partners, but the situation may cause, experts say, a diplomatic crisis.

On condition of anonymity, two high-ranking delegates of PF in Parana and Brasilia, and a delegate of the Civil Police, confirmed that gangs of traffickers and smugglers pay kickbacks to a group of Paraguayan Navy to do a blind eye to their activities illegal and also act as armed wing, providing protection and combating the Brazilian police.

According to a delegate of the PF, since early March, more than 20 matches. He cites instances where there were more than three in one day. The Paraguayans fire when the PF tries to seize a boat and federal agents responded to the fire.

Skirmishes occur at a critical time for Paraguay, which has just over a week suspended constitutional guarantees in five regions under the pretext of hunting leftist guerrillas.

Last week, Paraguayan Sen. Robert Acevedo was shot in an attack that left dead in Pedro Juan Caballero. Local police investigating the participation of guerrillas and the criminal gang First Capital Command.

 

[Jos]

I thought that sort of thing happens all the time in Brazil?

 

[marcell]

I thought that sort of thing happens all the time in Brazil?

No, it doesn't... well, sometimes...