Asuncion, Oct 29 --(EFE)-- A gunman arrested for the assassination of
 Paraguayan Vice President Luis Maria Argaña fingered former President Raul
 Cubas and former army commander Gen. Lino Oviedo for masterminding the
 slaying, it was reported Friday.

 Pablo Vera Esteche, 32, was arrested on Oct. 23. Police did not announce Vera's
 arrest until Thursday, however, when they took Vera to court for a deposition.

 Prosecutors questioned Vera, who has an extensive crime record, for more than
 eight hours before he left late Thursday night, protected by a sizable deployment
 of special security forces.

 After leaving Judge Jorge Bogarin Gonzalez's chambers, Vera managed to tell
 reporters that Argaña's murder was authorized by Cubas and Oviedo.

 Two legislators - Rep. Conrado Pappalardo and Sen. Victor Galeano Perrone -
 whose whereabouts are unknown, supplied the money for the crime, according to
 Vera.

 Vera told Prosecutor Marco Alcaraz that he and two other gunmen, Fidencio
 Vega and Luis Rojas, were paid a total of 300,000 dollars to kill Argaña.

 Vera also fingered Maj. Reinaldo Servin, who was arrested last week, as the
 person in charge of hiring the gunmen.

 Mobs of angry Paraguayan citizens called on Cubas to resign following Argaña's
 assassination in March. Cubas bowed to the pressure and fled Paraguay days
 after the murder and is currently living in Brazil. Oviedo fled to Argentina, where he
 sought political asylum. EFE
Published Friday, October 29, 1999, in the Miami Herald

 Arrested gunman implactes Oviedo,
 Cubas in Argaña assassination

 Asuncion, Oct 29 --(EFE)-- A gunman arrested for the assassination of
 Paraguayan Vice President Luis Maria Argaña fingered former President Raul
 Cubas and former army commander Gen. Lino Oviedo for masterminding the
 slaying, it was reported Friday.

 Pablo Vera Esteche, 32, was arrested on Oct. 23. Police did not announce Vera's
 arrest until Thursday, however, when they took Vera to court for a deposition.

 Prosecutors questioned Vera, who has an extensive crime record, for more than
 eight hours before he left late Thursday night, protected by a sizable deployment
 of special security forces.

 After leaving Judge Jorge Bogarin Gonzalez's chambers, Vera managed to tell
 reporters that Argaña's murder was authorized by Cubas and Oviedo.

 Two legislators - Rep. Conrado Pappalardo and Sen. Victor Galeano Perrone -
 whose whereabouts are unknown, supplied the money for the crime, according to
 Vera.

 Vera told Prosecutor Marco Alcaraz that he and two other gunmen, Fidencio
 Vega and Luis Rojas, were paid a total of 300,000 dollars to kill Argaña.

 Vera also fingered Maj. Reinaldo Servin, who was arrested last week, as the
 person in charge of hiring the gunmen.

 Mobs of angry Paraguayan citizens called on Cubas to resign following Argaña's
 assassination in March. Cubas bowed to the pressure and fled Paraguay days
 after the murder and is currently living in Brazil. Oviedo fled to Argentina, where he
 sought political asylum. EFE