Four Young People Including Teen And Governor’s Daughter Shot Dead Outside Nightclub In Lawless Border City

This is the moment four young people including a teenager and a governor’s daughter are shot dead outside a nightclub in a notoriously lawless South American border city.

The incident took place in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero, which lies on the border with the Brazilian city of Ponta Pora, in the early hours of Saturday, 9th October.

CCTV footage shows how the victims get into an SUV with a Brazilian licence plate as another SUV pulls up behind them.

Haylee Carolina Acevedo Yunis, the daughter of Amambay governor Ronald Acevedo, who was murdered in October 2021 in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. (Newsflash)

Three armed men are then seen getting out of the rear vehicle and shooting the victims dead before fleeing.

The victims have been named as Haylee Carolina Acevedo Yunis, 21, and Osmar Vicente “Bebeto” Alvarez Grance, 29, from Paraguay, and Kaline Reinoso de Oliveira, 22, and Rhannye Jamilly Borges de Oliveira, 18, from Brazil.

Haylee was the daughter of Ronald Acevedo, who is the governor of the Paraguayan department of Amambay.

Haylee Carolina Acevedo Yunis, the daughter of Amambay governor Ronald Acevedo, who was murdered in October 2021 in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. (Newsflash)

Haylee and Bebeto were a couple and the Brazilian victims were Haylee’s classmates. The three were studying medicine.

No suspected motive for the crime has yet been divulged by the Paraguayan police.

Pedro Juan Caballero and Ponta Pora, which are separated by a single street, are notoriously lawless. At the time of reporting, at least fifteen murders had been reported between the municipalities in just 14 days.

Haylee Carolina Acevedo Yunis, the daughter of Amambay governor Ronald Acevedo, who was murdered in October 2021 in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. (Newsflash)

The region is crossed by illegal trade routes and fought over by criminal gangs dealing in drugs, arms and other contraband.

There is no confirmation yet that the latest crime was linked to drug trafficking.