Paraguayan People’s Army (EPP)

Activists and relatives of the girls have complained that the Paraguayan state has taken no action to hold the perpetrators responsible for the crimes.

14-year-old Carmen Elizabeth Oviedo Villalba, also known as Lichita, was illegally detained by the Joint Task Force (FTC) of the Paraguayan army on November 30, 2020, in the forest region of the Yby Yaú city. Lichita has disappeared since then

Protesters expressed that the president has had an inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has intensified repressive actions in the past months