SENAD arrests Loreto woman, seizing 27 g of marijuana
SENAD agents detained Berenice Sotera Alfonso Rivarola, 44, known as "La reina del chespi", at her house in Loreto, Concepción, and seized 27 grams of marijuana with crack and cocaine. The case is with the Public Ministry; no charge or sentence has been reported.
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Agents of the Concepción regional office of SENAD, Paraguay’s anti-drug
secretariat, dismantled a drug-selling point in Loreto and detained a
44-year-old woman known as “La reina del chespi”.[1][2]She was named as Berenice
Sotera Alfonso Rivarola, who ran the microtrafficking point from her house in
Loreto, about 20 kilometres from the city of Concepción.[3][4]Investigators said
she sold crack, cocaine and marijuana, the three main substances in the local
consumption market.[1][2]
With prosecutor Arnaldo Argüello, special agents approached the house quietly
and found drugs already prepared for distribution.[1][4]The approach surprised
her at home before she could react.[3]They seized113 grams of crack,
described as about 700 doses, 21 doses of cocaine, and 27 grams of marijuana
ready for distribution.[3]The sparse population around the house let her keep
a wide view of the ground and spot suspicious movement early.[1][4]SENAD said
she had consolidated herself in local microtrafficking because of the location
of her home and the variety of substances she offered.[1]
The operation is part of SENAD’s continuing actions against drug dealing in the
interior of the country.[1]Authorities have given no further details of her
procedural situation, and the case is now with the Public Ministry for the
investigation to continue.[1][4]
Photos and video
Agents with the detained woman and packaged drugs inside a brick room during the Loreto raid. Photo: Más Encarnación Source: Más Encarnación
Neither account gives a date for the raid separate from publication on 30 October 2026.
No charge, court date or sentence has been reported.
Más Encarnación credits Megacadena; SENAD's own written statement was not found on senad.gov.py.
Cuarto Poder published an uncaptioned photo of the case, so it was left out; sidebar images on the submitted page are advertisements.
The La Nación article body did not render in the submitted capture or on re-fetch, so its own wording could not be read or quoted; the match rests on its headline and on the two outlets' reports.
Frontera Seca News and Popular describe the haul only as almost 800 doses of crack, cocaine and marijuana combined, without the 113 g of crack, 21 cocaine doses and 27 g of marijuana breakdown the report uses.
Popular's four pictures carried no captions or credit, so no new media was added.
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