A Brazilian man arrived at the Brazilian Consulate General in Ciudad del Este and began firing several shots from the main entrance. One of the bullets hit the arm of a lawyer who was present.
According to reports, a man identified as Cássio Mussawer Montenegro stormed the Brazilian Consulate General in Ciudad del Este carrying a .357 caliber revolver and fired several shots from the consulate entrance, apparently after shouting " We're all going to die here!" During the attack, a consulate official was injured, apparently collaterally.
The victim, identified as Cousin Felicia Benítez de Cantuni (78) , was immediately transferred to the Tesãi Foundation Hospital in Area 2, where she was admitted.
The attacker, in turn, shot himself after the incident and was taken to a medical center in critical condition.
The National Police is investigating the background of the attack.
What the letter from the Brazilian Consulate attacker said
A letter was found in the man's possession in which he said goodbye to his family, mentioning that he could no longer bear the pain he felt:
"Dear family, I cannot bear the pain and have decided to leave. I leave the authorities with the weight of my heart and the history of my requests. I would like to be buried next to my father in my own land. I go in peace to the house of the Creator. I would like my possessions to be divided equally among my mother and siblings." He signed the letter as Casio M. Montenegro.
Furthermore, in a video he posted on social media last year, he claimed he had arrived in Foz de Yguazú, São Paulo, where he suffered serious violations of his fundamental rights due to corruption in the judicial system. The man ran for city council in Foz de Yguazú last year, but failed to obtain the necessary votes
