The Global Advisor: Spotlight on Latin America | March 2026 Paraguay
Suspected EPP militants kidnap son of Brazilian farmer in Yeruti (Caaguazú department) Suspected members of the Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) kidnapped the 32-year-old son of a Brazilian soya farm owner, while he was cultivating grain on his family’s farm in Yeruti on 20 February. Police investigating the case discovered an EPP pamphlet and manuscript at the abduction site. The fate of the victim was not reported.
Control Risks comment
In the past five years, Control Risks has recorded sporadic kidnaps perpetrated by the EPP across their territorial strongholds in the Northeast of the country, including in the departments of San Pedro, Concepción and Caaguazú. In this period, the demands included financial ransoms from the victims’ families, prisoner releases from the government, and information from the victims themselves. The group will continue to disproportionately target agricultural business owners, including foreign nationals from Brazilian and Mennonite communities, both due to large perceived ransom potential and ideological opposition to these groups’ land ownership in the country.
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