Cecilia Cubas
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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