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US accuses top Paraguay politicians of corruption, spurring probe

Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes is under investigation following US allegations of corruption [File: Cesar Olmedo/Reuters]

Paraguay’s attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into the United States government’s allegations that the country’s former president and the current vice president were involved in corruption and had ties to a violent group.

Attorney General Emiliano Rolón Fernández said on Thursday that a team would look into the allegations that former President Horacio Cartes and Vice President Hugo Velázquez engaged “in systemic corruption that has undermined democratic institutions in Paraguay”.

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