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Cecilia Cubas, the daughter of former Paraguayan President Raúl Cubas, was found dead on February 16, 2005, underneath a house near Asunción, nearly five months after she was kidnapped. The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked republic in South America. ... This is a list of Presidents of Paraguay and holders of its predecessor offices. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Map of Paraguay Panteón de los Héroes in Asunción Asunción, population 500,939 ( 1992), is the capital of Paraguay. ...

Cecilia Cubas, 32, was abducted by gunmen two blocks from her home in Asunción in September 2004, sparking a massive search by security forces who hoped to rescue her alive. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Deaths in September • 27 Tsai Wan-lin • 24 Françoise Sagan • 20 Brian Clough • 18 Russ Meyer • 15 Johnny Ramone • 12 Fred Ebb • 11 Peter VII of Alexandria • 8 Richard Girnt Butler...

Her body was found in an underground chamber connected to tunnels running under the house and was identified by a dental exam.

The former president, a wealthy businessman who governed for less than a year between 1998 and 1999, paid a ransom for his daughter's release in November 2004 after negotiating with her captors through e-mail. The kidnappers later told him, however, that it was only a fine and cut off all communication. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: November 2004 in sports November 2004 in science Deaths in November • 30 Pierre Berton • 29 John Drew Barrymore • 26 Bill Alley • 24 Arthur Hailey • 23 Rafael Eitan • 18 Bobby Frank Cherry • 16 John Morgan • 13...

Residents of Asunción had plastered "Free Cecilia" signs on buildings, houses and cars.

Cubas and his wife, along with current President Nicanor Duarte, accompanied police to the site where the body was found. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... Categories: Stub | 1956 births | Presidents of Paraguay ...

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Cecilia Cubas (192 words)
	Cecilia Cubas, the daughter of former Paraguayan President Raúl Cubas, was found dead on February 16, 2005, underneath a house near Asunción, nearly five months after she was kidnapped.
	Cecilia Cubas, 32, was abducted by gunmen two blocks from her home in Asunción in September 2004, sparking a massive search by security forces who hoped to rescue her alive.
	Cubas and his wife, along with current President Nicanor Duarte, accompanied police to the site where the body was found.

Paraguay: Ex-President’s Daughter’s Suspicious Murder (953 words)
	The discovery comes on the heels of a five-month investigation into the September 2004 abduction of the 32-year-old woman from outside of her home, which the media and public contend was mismanaged from the start by public officials.
	Cubas’ murder – the latest in a string of highly publicized kidnappings – has aggravated fears that what was already Latin America’s most corrupt country and famous for its kidnapping for ransom, might be rapidly headed toward yet anther downward spiral.
	Cubas, who was president for a mere nine months before his resignation in March 1999, compared his daughter’s fate to the nation’s surge of violence and kidnapping, and asked his nation to “use her memory to work to build a better country.”

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