Paraguay Detains Brazil's Most Wanted Drug
Trafficker
BUENOS AIRES - The Paraguayan National
Anti-Drug Ministry (Senad) on Sunday
detained Jarvis Chimenes Pavao, Brazil's
most wanted drug trafficker.
According to information reaching here from
Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, "the
operation was carried out in the ranch 'El
Hotel' in Yby Ya'u, in Concepcion
department, north of the country" near the
Brazilian border.
Senad said it also detained four other
people who were together with Chimenes,
adding that "the four people were also
wanted by the Justice."
According to Senad, the detainees had been
taken to the National Prosecutor's Office in
Asuncion.
During the operation called "Capricornio,"
Senad also seized two M-4 fusils, one M-16
fusil, many guns, a great amount of
munitions and 10,000 U.S. dollars.
According to the Brazilian media, Chimenes
belongs to a drug cartel directed by
Beira-Mar who is now imprisoned in the
maximum security jail of Campo Grande in
Brazil.
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