Paraguay and Mexico courts impose lengthy prison terms for violent crimes

A Paraguayan court in Ciudad del Este sentenced 31‑year‑old Odilón Miguel Amarilla Gómez, known as “Macaco,” to 20 years in prison for sexual assault, aggravated robbery and related offenses after he forced entry into a home, threatened a young woman with a revolver, stole valuables and subjected her to sexual violence.

In Mexico, a court in Ciudad Juárez handed down a 50‑year prison sentence to Pedro Humberto A. V. and a 37‑year‑six‑month term to Morriset Violeta M. T. for an express kidnapping and qualified robbery that involved abducting a vehicle’s occupant, stealing a Toyota Avanza valued at 153,000 pesos and releasing the victim after demanding the car’s contents.