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U.S. offers reward for information on slaying of anti-narcotics prosecutor from Paraguay

The State Department is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone involved in the May 10 killing of a prosecutor in Paraguay who pursued high-profile organized crime cases linked to narcotics trafficking.

Marcelo Pecci was killed on his honeymoon at an exclusive beach resort in Colombia.

Uruguayan drug trafficker and fugitive Sebastian Marset has been accused of ordering the assassination, according to media reports in Latin America.

“Subsequent investigation by Colombian National Police (CNP) identified six of the coconspirators who carried out the murder,” the State Department said in a statement.