The attack on the Ypytá police station, department of Amambay, has edges of having been the work of the EPP. And as seasoning, the fact that it would have been perpetrated by rookie elements of the terrorist group, in plan to integrate the epepista operational command.
The police headquarters attacked, It is located in front of an extensive forest, with several kilometers of extension. The shots at the police station were carried out from the forestTherefore, the presumption of the investigators is that the attackers arrived, took cover, attacked and fled, all at the same time. use of PPE. That is, sheltered in the thickness of the mountains.
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“If they were ordinary criminals, they would arrive from the front, considering the logistics, cars, motorcycles to escape,” George remarked, when evaluating the possible origin of the attack that left three police officers injured.
decimated force
The hypothesis that the attackers of the police station would be rookies of the EPP of “Ypyta”, is reinforced by the fleeting attack, without culmination, of those who officiated as aggressors.
According to Commissioner George, the attackers did not run over the police station, because in the first attack there were no casualties, even though there were more than three wounded. In addition to killing the agents, the epepistas’ objective was apparently to seize the weapons of the uniformed men, in addition to the psychological effect that the event would cause.
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The policemen arrived in a patrol car, when they got off they began to be shot, but they managed to enter the police headquarters.
This -George remarked- could be the explanation that the criminals hesitated to move forwardperhaps fearing the firepower that the agents could still have.
It should be noted that the death of the EPP leader, Osvaldo Villalba, plus two of his lieutenants, substantially decimated the EEP’s operational capacity. From this, the criminals would be in war footing to carry out coups.
