Baru, Colombia
Anti-drug prosecutor killed: Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was gunned down last week while honeymooning on the Colombian island of Barú near Cartagena. Pecci, 45, was relaxing on the beach when two gunmen zoomed up on personal watercraft and one opened fire before fleeing by sea. Pecci was struck in the face and back. “He just looked at him and shot him,” Pecci’s widow, journalist Claudia Aguilera, told Colombia’s El Tiempo. “He didn’t say anything.” Hours earlier, Aguilera had shared an Instagram photo of a tiny pair of red shoes: The couple was expecting. One of Paraguay’s most powerful prosecutors, Pecci had partnered with U.S. authorities to hunt down international drug lords, and this year he led an anti-money-laundering operation. Authorities believe Pecci was killed for his work investigating international terrorism.