The incident occurred in Nueva Esperanza, department of Canindeyú, on the route that connects Salto del Guairá with Ciudad del Este, where some 20 young people, including minors, were driving recklessly in the middle of a clandestine race.
At one point, a patrol car arrived at the site and the agents called a halt, after which the participants began to flee.
“One of the bicycles grazed the police officers who got out of the patrol car and used their firearm, they say it was accidental, but the trajectory of the bullet indicates that it went from one side to the other, that is, it was not on the air”, commented prosecutor Meiji Udagawa in communication with 780 AM.
The deceased is a 14-year-old adolescent, who received a bullet in the groin and bled to death.
He confirmed that he will charge the police with intentional homicide, a fact that could change if another edge of what happened is found during the investigation.
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