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- 1 2 3 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 9 November 2011, UNODC and Paraguay launch $10 million programme to combat drugs and crime
- ↑ Adam Bernstein, Washington Post , 17 August 2006, Alfredo Stroessner; Paraguayan Dictator
- ↑ (in Spanish) 10 October 2012, Diario ABC Color , A 18 años de la muerte de un jefe antidrogas
- ↑ Jayme Brener, 1 December 1997, Transnational Institute, Paraguay: An Unpunished Crime
- ↑ Hugo Barrios, 12 April 2011, infosurhoy.com,Paraguay ups counter-narcotics effort on border with Brazil
