A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor, who fought against organized crime shot dead.

A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who fought against organized crime in his home country has been shot dead during his honeymoon in Colombia.

Pecci was on a beach on the idyllic tourist island of Baru when he was killed by two gunmen.

Hours before the shooting, Pecci’s wife Claudia Aguilera had announced on Instagram that she was pregnant.

The President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez described the shooting as a cowardly murder.

His wife, journalist Aguilera, said that they were approached by two men on a private beach before her husband was shot.