Paraguay registers 37 femicides and 69 orphaned minors in 2025

Asunción.- A total of 37 women were murdered in Paraguay in 2025, mostly by partners and ex-partners, in events that left 69 orphans, according to a report from the Open Data program of the Public Ministry. The document gathers reports accumulated until December 29th, during this year 55 cases of attempted femicide and 34 cases opened this year for that crime were recorded. The victims, the official information added, were between 11 and 80 years old; Four of them were under 17 years old. The average age of the aggressors was between 16 and 80 years old, and of the total victims, 36 were of Paraguayan nationality and one of them was Brazilian. According to the report, 27 of the deceased were mothers and, regarding the relationship of the aggressor, 24 of them were partners of the women and seven were their ex-partners. In addition, among those accused as aggressors there is a stepfather, a son-in-law, a former son-in-law and three acquaintances of the victims. In most cases, bladed weapons (14) and firearms (10) were used. Seven of the deaths were caused by asphyxiation, four by trauma or blows, and two by severe burns, and it was also revealed in the document that 27 deaths took place in homes and 10 on public roads.

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By location, the department of Central, the most populated in the country, leads the figures for femicides, with 10 cases in 2025, followed by Alto Paraná (east) with five deaths and Concepción (north) with four. The report indicated that 34 alleged perpetrators were charged by the Public Ministry and three committed suicide. From 2020 to last December 28, 258 feminicide victims are computed. On the other hand, the Prosecutor's Office reported this Tuesday 37,825 cases of domestic violence from January to December, which represents an average of 104 victims per day.