He was killed along with two of his associates during surgery on Sunday.
Paraguayan officials said one of the three guerrillas killed in fighting in the country’s east on Sunday was Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP) Osvaldo Villalba ,alias “Commander Alexander”.
Villalba, also known as “Comandante Javier,” was killed during clashes with Paraguayan security forces in Cerro Guaz, in the province of Amambay, on Sunday, the Paraguayan newspaper reported, prosecutor Lorenzo Lescano said. last minute.
Villalba, 39, has been charged with at least 60 crimes. This is one of the most significant blows to EPP in recent years. celebrated Nimio Cardoso, head of intelligence of the National Police.
Paraguay’s President Mario Abdo Benitez, who attended the press conference where the news was announced, said of Villalba, “He is one of the leaders of this terrorist group. Among them, he once again laid down his arms at the EPP and the authorities asked to be made available.
“This is how we fight for ideals (…) We again call for peace in Paraguay so that there is no violence among Paraguayans. I assure you,” said President Benitez.
The other two dead are Luciano Arguello and another as yet unidentified guerrilla. Clashes erupted this Sunday after security forces alarmed by a series of gunfire ran into members of the EPP who had previously killed two indigenous people.
“Political Exit”
After hearing the news, Guas Front Senator Sixto Pereira (left) advocated a “political solution” to the EPP dispute.
“For us, however different we may be from that group, our position is always a political solution. It is even more serious due to the presence and intervention of other countries’ organizations that violate our sovereignty. today.
To do this, Pereira chose to “redefine the role of the state in producing inclusive public policies for all Paraguayans.”
According to officials, the guerrilla group is so weak that it doesn’t even get the logistical help it used to, and has been discredited as “ideologically deviant from the North” by attacking civilians. You can no longer recruit more people. In the words of military spokesman Luis Apestegia.
“They lost their ideological north because they also opposed the peasants and workers. It helped them lose popular support and end up in a worse situation,” emphasized Apesstegia. It was impossible for them to go out and extort money from the ranchers, as seen in their bodies.They were thin and malnourished,” he added.
Source: Biobiochile
