1 April – 2017 Paraguay protests: President Horacio Cartes's attempts to reform the Constitution to allow for re-election are met with mass protests with protestors storming the Congress and one death.[1]
24 April – In the early hours of the day a suspected Brazilian gang of robbers stole 11.7 million dollars from a security vault in Ciudad del Este, leaving one police officer dead. It is the biggest heist in Paraguay's history.[2]
^Santi Carneri (1 April 2017). "Asaltado el Congreso de Paraguay tras el intento del presidente de abrir paso a la reelección". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-04-02.
^"$11.7 MILLION HEIST BIGGEST IN PARAGUAY'S HISTORY". Associated Press. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^"Libertad ganó a Independiente 2-0 y logra otro título". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^"Murió Roberto Cabañas". Infobae (in Spanish). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.