Quote from: Discovery 17 on April 25, 2017, 06:25:30 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on April 25, 2017, 06:16:15 PM

Quote from: Mometaskers on April 25, 2017, 01:17:24 PM

Wait, Paraguay have terrorists?! Never heard of that before. I thought it was the more northern countries that have terrorism problems from rebels and drug syndicates.

Most of the Latin American nations are effected by either left-wing or right-wing extremism, and Paraguay is no exception. You might have heard about the FARC and ELN of Colombia and the Shining Path of Peru. But the extremist groups in Paraguay are not that well known and are composed of only a few dozen lightly armed militants. The most well known group in Paraguay is the Ejército del Pueblo Paraguayo or the EPP. They are allied to the FARC of Colombia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguayan_People%27s_Army_insurgency

I heard that in this attack suspected gang from Brazil. Don't know true or not but in any case, criminals are everywhere. It is not terrorism. There are no political goals, and therefore it is banal gangsterism.

Whatever it is called, this is a crime and at the same time quite bold. Such
a scales of the special operation the local police has never conducted.
Apparently bandits in general have lost their fear, robbing without
embarrassment with the use of serious small arms.