U.S. Troops Get Immunity Under New Paraguay Defense Pact

2026-03-18 - 20:00

Key Points — Paraguay ratified a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US by 53-8, granting American military and civilian defense personnel diplomatic-equivalent immunity on Paraguayan soil — Crimes committed by US personnel will be tried in American courts, not Paraguayan ones — the most contested provision in a deal the State Department called