The Acevedo family, traditionally linked to Amambay politics, has suffered several attacks in recent years. The most recent reached the mayor of Pedro Juan, José Carlos Acevedo, which ended up costing him his life last night after being hospitalized for five days.
However, the passing of the political life of the Acevedo family was never exempt from direct attacks. In April 2010, former senator Robert Acevedo was attacked and was shot twice with a firearm.hen a group of gunmen fired on his truck. the former parliamentarian managed to survive the event, but not his custodian and his driver, who died after the attack.
Another incident occurred in September 2016, when unknown individuals threw grenades at Radio Amambay, which belongs to the family. At the time of the explosion of the device, the communicator Patricia Aguilar and her interviewee were inside the building, who were injured.
In August 2018, then-deputy Robert Acevedo was again ambushed by gunmen, who filled his vehicle with bullets. A National Police non-commissioned officer assigned to the security of former parliamentarian Acevedo was murdered along with another person in the Guavirá neighborhood, Amambay department.
On the other hand, on October 9, 2021, Haylee Acevedo, daughter of the governor of Amambay, Ronald Acevedo, brother of Robert Acevedo, (who died of coronavirus) and José Carlos Acevedo, died.
The young woman was the victim of a group of assassins who ambushed the van that the young woman was boarding at the exit of a nightclub with bullets. Osmar Vicente Álvarez Grance (32), Rhannye Jamilly Borges de Oliveira (19), a native of Cáceres, Mato Grosso, and Kaline Reinoso de Oliveira (22), a native of Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, also died in the attack.
