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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 269 

Commemorating the life of Luis Alejandro ‘‘Alex’’ Villamayor and calling 

for justice and accountability. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2019 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the life of Luis Alejandro ‘‘Alex’’ Villamayor 

and calling for justice and accountability. 

Whereas United States citizen Luis Alejandro ‘‘Alex’’ 

Villamayor was born on July 3, 1998, to parents Puning 

Luk Villamayor and Luis Felipe Villamayor in Rockville, 

Maryland; 

Whereas Alex Villamayor is remembered by his family as a 

smart, loving, and compassionate young man with a good 

sense of humor, who was committed to his parents, siblings, and friends; 

Whereas Alex Villamayor moved with his family at the age 

of six to Paraguay, where he was a devoted member of 

his church and always had attention for those less fortunate; 


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Whereas Alex Villamayor graduated with honors from Paraguay’s Pan American International School (PAIS) and 

was accepted to attend Montgomery College in Maryland 

in the Fall of 2015; 

Whereas Alex Villamayor aspired to study business management and return to Paraguay to pursue a career that 

would help and support the Paraguayan people; 

Whereas Alex Villamayor was murdered on June 27, 2015, 

in the City of Encarnacio ́n in Paraguay; 

Whereas Alex Villamayor’s death was wrongfully ruled a suicide by Paraguayan authorities before a comprehensive 

investigation was carried out; 

Whereas, in the initial weeks of the investigation, Paraguayan 

authorities failed to collect blood and DNA samples from 

individuals present at the scene of the crime, conduct 

gunshot residue analysis on individuals present at the 

crime scene, and collect cellular phone records and data 

from individuals present at the crime scene; 

Whereas, in August 2015, Alex Villamayor’s body was exhumed for additional forensic examination, which found 

that he had been raped and physically assaulted prior to 

his death; 

Whereas, in August 2015, Paraguayan prosecutor Olga 

Wilma Araujo Ayala was suspended from the investigation into and legal case related to Alex Villamayor’s 

death due to mismanagement of the case; 

Whereas, in September 2015, Mathias Wilbs, an employee at 

the property where Alex Villamayor was murdered, admitted in a televised public interview that he had removed the murder weapon from the crime scene and 

placed another firearm in Alex Villamayor’s hand; 


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Whereas, in September 2015, Alex Villamayor’s death was 

ruled a homicide and Rene ́ Hofstetter and Mathias Wilbs 

were charged with crimes in relation to Alex Villamayor’s 

murder; 

Whereas, in October 2015, Paraguayan authorities opened a 

formal investigation of Alain Jacks Dı ́az de Bedoya for 

his role in Alex Villamayor’s murder; 

Whereas, in November 2016, Paraguayan authorities dropped 

the charges against Alain Jacks Dı ́az de Bedoya related 

to Alex Villamayor’s murder; 

Whereas Members of the United States Congress have urged 

the Government of Paraguay to invite the United States 

Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide technical assistance for the investigation into Alex Villamayor’s death 

and the United States Embassy in Asuncio ́n, Paraguay 

has offered such assistance to Paraguayan authorities; 

Whereas, to date, the Government of Paraguay has not invited the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide technical assistance for the investigation into Alex 

Villamayor’s death; 

Whereas the United States embassy in Asuncio ́n, Paraguay, 

and the Department of State have not issued any formal 

public statements about Alex Villamayor’s murder and 

the many irregularities in the investigation into his death; 

Whereas, in February 2017, outgoing United States Ambassador Leslie A. Basset told media outlets that Alex 

Villamayor ‘‘died under dark circumstances’’ and that 

‘‘the investigation and the handling of this case has been 

worrisome’’; 

Whereas, in April 2018, Rene Hofstetter was convicted of 

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thias Wilbs was sentenced to two years and 10 months 

on obstruction of justice; 

Whereas, in spite of these convictions, media outlets report 

that others implicated in the murder and cover-up have 

not been charged; and 

Whereas members of Alex Villamayor’s immediate family continue to face grave physical threats in Paraguay for their 

pursuit of justice: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commemorates the life of United States cit3 izen Luis Alejandro ‘‘Alex’’ Villamayor and offers 

4 condolences to his family and friends; 

5 (2) expresses profound concern about the delays 

6 in achieving justice in Alex Villamayor’s case; 

7 (3) urges Paraguayan authorities to invite the 

8 Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide technical 

9 assistance to properly investigate the circumstances 

10 surrounding Alex Villamayor’s death and assess 

11 whether other individuals may have had a role in the 

12 crime or cover-up; 

13 (4) urges the Government of Paraguay to pro14 vide for the physical security of Alex Villamayor’s 

15 family and others seeking justice in this case and to 

16 properly investigate recent threats against their 

17 lives, charging those implicated in such threats; 

18 (5) calls on the Department of State to 

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1 matic engagement with the Government of Para2 guay; and 

3 (6) calls on the Department of State to review 

4 its procedures for providing services to the families 

5 of United States citizens slain or assaulted abroad. 

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