office by the Senate, Cubas resigned on March 28, 1999 and fled to Brazil. (A court later ordered Oviedo back to prison.) He returned to Paraguay in 2002 and was immediately arrested and tried for conspiracy to murder Argaña. In October 2004, his daughter Cecilia Cubas was kidnapped by gunmen near her Asuncion apartment. Paraguayan security forces began an intense search for her, and Cubas paid a ransom of US$800,000. However, her body was found in the basement of a house outside Asunción in February 2005. She was 32 years old. Four men were arrested, including one with alleged ties to the Colombian rebel movement FARC. In July 2006, two suspects of the crime were granted refugee status in neighboring Bolivia. References External links Cecila Cubas body found – MSNBC Biography by CIDOB 1943 births Living people People from Asunción Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni Paraguayan engineers Presidents of Paraguay Finance Ministers of Paraguay Colorado Party (Paraguay) politicians