The 1999 assassination of Vice President Argaña triggered a week of deadly political unrest
A morning commute turned into a national tragedy in 1999 when Paraguayan Vice President Luis María Argaña was assassinated, sparking a week of violent protests known as the Paraguayan March.
In March 1999, gunmen dressed in camouflage ambushed Vice President Argaña's vehicle in Asunción, killing him and his driver. The assassination ignited a powder keg of political tension between supporters of the Vice President and President Raúl Cubas Grau.
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