This evidence-led archive begins with the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas. It follows the 2004 abduction, the discovery in Ñemby, the convictions entered in successive trials, the Supreme Court ruling that made ten principal sentences final and a further conviction after extradition in 2024.
Multiple participants were convicted. The Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber left ten principal convictions final in 2010, and later proceedings produced additional sentences.
No unresolved Paraguay file has yet passed this archive’s sourcing and editorial threshold.
“Solved / adjudicated” rests on final criminal judgments against multiple participants, not on arrests or allegations. The label is deliberately narrower than saying every alleged participant or every disputed aspect of the case has been resolved.
The 2006 court convicted twelve of fifteen defendants but acquitted three because culpability had not been proved in that proceeding. The archive preserves that distinction rather than treating everyone charged as guilty.
The record did not end with a single verdict. The Supreme Court confirmed ten principal sentences in 2010; other proceedings produced further convictions, including the 2024 judgment against Lorenzo González Martínez after extradition.
The national colors, skyline, memorial light, timeline and court files are clearly editorial. They do not depict Cecilia, any defendant, the place where she was found or physical evidence as documentary imagery.
She was kidnapped on 21 September 2004. Her body was found in the Mbocayaty neighborhood of Ñemby in February 2005.
Twelve of fifteen defendants were convicted in 2006. Three were acquitted because the prosecution had not proved their culpability in that proceeding.
On 30 December 2010, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Chamber rejected cassation appeals and left ten principal convictions final; two five-year accomplice sentences had already become final without appeal.
Yes. In December 2024, Lorenzo González Martínez received 23 years in prison plus a five-year security measure.
Yes, when a Paraguay case has reliable sources, a clear present status and enough verified material for a substantive, victim-aware file.
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