Vidal Vega (1964 – 1 December 2012) was a
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...
an political leader.
Vega had been involved in a feud between the
Paraguayan government over
land business after land was bought by the government illegally. Some of Vegas' family relatives were land activists and were murdered during the 1960s. He was meant to appear in court and to testify. A prosecutor said that Vega was shot to death on Saturday, 1 December 2012 by two men with a shotgun and a pistol at his home in
Canindeyu; the killers sped away on a motorcycle
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1964 births
2012 deaths
Paraguayan murder victims
People murdered in Paraguay
Deaths by firearm in Paraguay
21st-century crimes in Paraguay
2012 murders in South America
2012 in Paraguay