April 30, 2026 at – 1:40 p.m.
The situation in the department of Alto Paraguay reaches critical levels. The owner of several trucks reported that their vehicles have been stranded in the Toro Pampa area for 23 days, with no possibility of leaving due to the poor condition of the roads, specifically at Crossroads 65.
He engineer Gabriel Arar He reported that, along with his two vehicles, there are eight more trucks that are trapped in the same situation. The concern focuses on the drivers who, as the days go by, they are starting to run out of supplies.
“There is no way to exit through Crossing 65 to Toro Pampa. They are fixing the road from Toro Pampa to Fuerte Olimpo, but I don’t understand why they start from there if the main access is from below and that has as fifty cuts”, he questioned.
Isolation affects entire communities like María Auxiliadora, Toro Pampa and Bahía Negra. Arar criticized the lack of viable alternatives, pointing out that the private roads of neighboring ranches aim to charge “very high” tolls to allow passagealthough he recognizes that the use of these alternative routes would also end up destroying them due to the weight of the trucks.
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Inactivity generates millionaire losses
Regarding the personal economic impact, the engineer estimates losses that are already around 50 to 60 million guaraníes just due to the days of inactivity. The situation is aggravated by the recent increase in the price of diesel, which makes the operation almost unviable in an area that today is described as “totally abandoned.”
Also stranded in Esteban Martínez
Arar also made reference to the situation of other truck drivers who have their vehicles in the town of Teniente Esteban Martínez, Alto Paraguay. In this place there are at least 45 large trucksloaded with grains and livestock that must be taken to the refrigerators; Given the dramatic situation, it was decided to release the animals so that they would not die due to lack of water and food.
“Some colleagues had to release their animals on the road; it is a tremendous loss. Each load is worth more than 300 million guaraníes,” said Arar.
They report a request for money at a checkpoint
In the last few hours, a video recorded by a merchant transporting merchandise from Concepción to María Auxiliadora, Alto Paraguay, also emerged. The person says that given the impossibility of crossing through Toro Pampa, they took an alternative route, but they ran into a police checkpoint where they were not allowed to pass and even asked for money.
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