Paraguay's president fires minister and police chief after violent clashes

Paraguay's president has fired a minister and top police official after the killing of a young opposition party leader.

Paraguay's president fires minister and police chief after violent clashes

Paraguay's president has fired a minister and top police official after the killing of a young opposition party leader whose death came amid violent clashes sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment to allow presidential re-election.

President Horacio Cartes said interior minister Tadeo Rojas and national police chief Crispulo Sotelo had been let go.

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