Authorities in Paraguay and Brazil are now searching for those behind the dramatic assault on the company located in the triple-border region, where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina all meet. Three other gang members were killed in the gunfire exchange, and police recovered six rifles, ammunition, two boats and seven vehicles in their search after the shootout. Directly after the explosion, the gang members took residents of neighboring homes hostage during a first shootout with Paraguayan police, which lasted two hours and left one officer dead. Police inspect a boat in the Parana River, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, used by assailants fleeing after a massive armored car company robbery. The group recently carried out several robberies in the state of Sao Paulo, where gang members armed with rifles and machine guns used explosives to gain access to large sums of money.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 25, 2017 20:03 UTC