A Paraguayan senator was found lifeless this Sunday in the waters of Lake Acaray, in the department of Alto Paraná (southeast), informed the authorities, who initially consider drowning as the cause of death.
The corpse of the legislator Zulma Gómez, doctor by profession and of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party (PLRA), was rescued by firefighters about 20 meters from a dock located on the leader’s property, the prosecutor in charge of the case, Cinthia Leiva, told the Telefuturo channel.
The firefighters moved to the scene after the senator’s husband alerted the authorities about the disappearance of the political leader. The search for Gómez began around 2:30 am local time on Sunday, after she was not found by her granddaughter on the pier where she had decided to spend the night after participating with supporters of her party in a meeting on the occasion of Friendship Day.
“For us there is no doubt that she died of suffocation due to drowning“, affirmed Leiva. The official added that there are no surveillance cameras on the pier and it was surrounded by fog.
According to photographs broadcast by local media, a mattress, a pair of sports shoes and sheets were found at the site.
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The Public Ministry reported on Twitter, citing the prosecutor, that the autopsy and other investigative procedures will be carried out. A coroner who arrived at the farm explained to Telefuturo that the first evidence points to “mechanical suffocation by submersion”. The official said that the waters of the lake have a depth of about seven meters in that area.
Hours later, coroner Pablo Lemir explained to journalists in the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, where the senator’s body was transferred for an autopsy, that she had “injuries compatible with a fall.” According to the expert, the corpse has contusive injuries on the left side of the body, specifically on the heel, the lumbar region and the back of the skull, what he illustrated suggests that it is someone who slips on a solid part, “it goes scraping the back of the back and ends with a blow” to the head.
Lemir explained that the elements “at first glance” suggest that the cause of death is a “pulmonary edema in the context of mechanical suffocation by submersion.” He confirmed that, in addition, they will perform a toxicological analysis and seek to rule out a potential heart attack. After knowing the fact, the president of the Congress, Óscar Salomón, declared three days of mourning in the Legislative. His party and political leaders also lamented the death of the leader. Gómez, 61, was a deputy between 2003 and 2008. Since that last year she has been a member of the Senate.
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