ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 15 (UPI) -- Paraguay is threatening to pull its ambassador from Venezuela following a brutal attack on the diplomatic official last week.
Ambassador Ana Maria Figueredo was attacked in the streets of the Venezuelan capital Caracas last Friday after attending a mass commemorating the death of Pope John Paul II.
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Her attackers unknown, Figueredo says she received several blows to the head and body. A photo of the ambassador with one eye swollen shut appeared in the pages of Paraguay's La Nacion newspaper Friday.
Venezuela issued a statement apologizing for the attack and assured Paraguayan officials it would find the perpetrators and punish them "to the full extent of the law."
