A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor who fought against organised crime in his home country has been shot dead during his honeymoon in Colombia, APA reports citing BBC.
Marcelo Pecci was on a beach on the idyllic tourist island of Baru when he was killed by two gunmen.
Hours before the shooting, Mr Pecci's wife had announced on Instagram that she was pregnant.
Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez described the shooting as a "cowardly murder".
His wife, journalist Claudia Aguilera, said that they were approached by two men on a private beach before her husband was shot. She said he had not received any threats.
"Two men attacked Marcelo. They came in a small boat, or on a jet ski, the truth is I did not see well," Ms Aguilera told the El Tiempo newspaper.
One of the assailants got out and "without a word he shot Marcelo twice, one (bullet) hit him in the face and another in the back", she said.
The Decameron Hotel, where the couple was staying, said in a statement that "assassins arrived on the beach... and attacked and murdered one of our guests".
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