Overview
- A specialised Paraguayan court found Edgardo Kueider guilty of attempted contraband and sentenced him to two years in prison with execution suspended while his partner Iara Guinsel received one year and ten months suspended.
- The verdict, delivered on Monday, July 13, 2026, follows the December 4, 2024 seizure at the Puente de la Amistad of US$211,102 plus large amounts in guaraníes and Argentine pesos that formed the factual basis for the contraband charge.
- Both defendants will continue under arrest domiciliario in Paraguay and the roughly 18 months they already spent under house arrest will be credited against the imposed sentences if the ruling becomes final.
- Paraguayan prosecutors have opened a separate money‑laundering imputation over alleged purchases of six apartments and six parking spaces in Asunción, and they signalled they could broaden charges in the Paraguayan case.
- An Argentine extradition request authorised by Paraguayan authorities remains unresolved before Argentina’s courts with questions of competence and possible Supreme Court review, which will shape whether Kueider faces related laundering and illicit‑enrichment prosecutions at home.