Commissioner Fernando Ariel Ruíz Días, head of the tripartite investigative command of the triborder border, was the target of an attack this Monday morning (25). He was the target of several shots in Juan León Mallorquín, Alto Paraná Department, and escaped unharmed.
A surveillance camera filmed the moment the commissioner left a country house at JM 261, PY 02, near the São Francisco neighborhood, where he was spending the weekend. The Toyota Fortuner vehicle he was in was ambushed by a silver Suzuki truck and the occupants fired 14 shots.
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Fernando said in a police report that he was walking down a local street when the vehicle blocked his path and a person with a gun got out, so he immediately took his gun and started shooting at the person who was being accompanied by at at least two other people.
According to the commissioner, he reacted to the approach and fired a few shots, but he could not say whether anyone was hit. Fernando also stated that he does not know the reasons behind the attack as he has not suffered any threats in recent months. The investigation into the case is ongoing.