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US offers $5m for information on Paraguayan prosecutor’s killers

Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was assassinated during his honeymoon in May [File: Daniel Duarte/AFP]

The United States has offered a $5m reward for information on anyone involved in the murder of Marcelo Pecci, a Paraguayan organised crime prosecutor who was killed on his honeymoon in Colombia earlier this year.

In a statement on Thursday, the US Department of State said it was looking for information leading to the arrest or conviction of any co-conspirators, “including those responsible for financing and ordering the assassination”.

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