Overview
- Police detained Dalia López in Asunción on Thursday in an intelligence-led raid by the National Police’s Arms Trafficking unit after days of surveillance.
- Investigators seized about $220,000, roughly 440 million guaraníes, 10 to 15 phones, several tablets, and business records from the home.
- López was taken to a prosecutor’s office for questioning, and her husband at the residence was not arrested because there was no warrant.
- She has been wanted since March 2020 on charges of producing and using false public documents and criminal association tied to forged Paraguayan passports and ID cards used by Ronaldinho and his brother.
- Her lawyer says the cash belongs to a company and López says she surrendered out of fear for her safety, in a case once handled by prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was killed in 2022.