Tacumbú prison

The majority of the streets of the city of Asunción and surrounding areas were cobbled with the rocks extracted from this hill.

It is a working-class neighbourhood, located at only five minutes' drive from Asuncion's downtown.

In conclusion, the number of guards on duty is not sufficient to stop the circulation of marijuana, cocaine, crack or weapons within Tacumbú.

Since Paraguay allows visits to prisons on four days a week (Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays), as many as 7,000 visitors from the outside may be admitted simultaneously.

Gang violence include bloody clashes between the Rotela Clan and Primeiro Comando da Capital were responsible for at least 12 confirmed victims during a massacre in 2019.