7 arrested at Cerro Corá processing site with caged wild animals
On 12 November 2026 Paraguay's anti-drug agency SENAD raided a rural property in Cerro Corá, Amambay, that it described as a clandestine processing site, and arrested seven men of four nationalities. Officers seized small quantities of marijuana and hashish, cocaine-like material, two pistols, a revolver, three vehicles and processing equipment, and rescued caged wild animals, including a tirica.
Agents of Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD), from its Pedro Juan
Caballero regional office, raided a rural property in the Cerro Corá district of
Amambay department on Thursday 12 November 2026.[1]Seven men of different
nationalities were detained, investigators said, who are believed to have served
a criminal structure dedicated to the processing and trafficking of narcotics.[1]The detainees are two Paraguayans, three Brazilians, a Peruvian and a
Bolivian.[1]
In the clandestine drug laboratory officers found small quantities of pressed
and chopped marijuana, hashish-type material and cocaine hydrochloride, along
with two pistols, a revolver, assorted ammunition and three vehicles, all
seized.[1]Wild animals kept in captivity were also found - monkeys including
a howler (karaja), several macaws and a tirica, the native spotted cat - which
were rescued and handed to the environmental-crimes prosecutor.[1]The
operation was run by Amambay anti-drug prosecutor Rossana Coronel with SENAD
special forces in support.[1]
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Evidences seized by the Senad during the 12 November 2026 raid in Cerro Corá, with the seven detainees, published with the ABC Color report. Photo: ABC Color.Photo details
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RDN's headline and an embedded post speak of a cocaine laboratory and base-paste washing, while ABC describes a general clandestine drug lab where only small cannabis and cocaine portions were found; the report uses the shared account of a multi-drug processing site.
ABC says two pistols were seized, but RDN and Diário Pantanal describe one Canik 9mm pistol plus one Rossi revolver and one air gun; the combined weapons total differs across outlets.
The cocaine and cocaine-like substances are not cannabis, so their 52.81 grams are kept out of the cannabis figure; no cannabis value estimate was published.
No charges, trial date or outcome for the seven detainees was reported as of publication.
The number of caged animals was not published, and the Brazilian-market destination is the authorities' assessment, not a court finding.
SENAD agents arrested 20-year-old Bautista Diego Martínez Morel after he arrived by bus in Horqueta, Concepción, on 11 November 2026 and seized 2.591 kg of marijuana from his luggage. The mixed seizure also included 2.29 kg of cocaine, a mobile phone and 220,000 guaraníes in cash.
Customs officers detained a 26-year-old Brazilian man who carried four packages of marijuana weighing 2.2 kilograms in a backpack in the primary customs zone of the Friendship Bridge at Ciudad del Este. Prosecutor Luis Fernando Escobar charged him with possession of narcotic substances and asked for preventive detention.
A 27-year-old Brazilian driver was apprehended after overturning his Kia Picanto while fleeing a police check on a rural road toward Vista Alegre in Pedro Juan Caballero. Police seized about seven bags of pressed and loose marijuana plus gas cylinders said to be for making premium ICE-type marijuana.
A 26-year-old woman was detained at the Centro de Prevenidos de Ciudad del Este after a prison officer found 101.2 grams of marijuana wrapped in polythene among her underwear as she tried to enter to visit an inmate. The anti-drug prosecutor ordered her held at the Comisaría 25a de Mujeres, and a narcotest on the package was positive for marijuana.
