The Ache tribe, say that their men were killed, their women and children sold into slavery and their land stolen by the farmers backed by the Paraguayan government which was run by the dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner.
A lawsuit has been filed against the Paraguay government in a court in Argentina, using the law of universal jurisdiction.
The government of Paraguay has denied any part in the violence against the Ache.
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