Man is arrested in Paraguay for counterfeiting tirzepatide that would be sent and sold in Brazil Mathias Daniel Julián Riveros Bordón, 29 years old, was arrested in Cidade do Leste, on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, suspected of being part of a scheme to falsify tirzepatide-based medicines. Although Paraguay has authorized laboratories and legal production of tirzepatide-based medicines, investigations by the Department of International Police Cooperation Agreements and Conventions indicate that the group targeted by the operation operated outside the regular market. ✅ Follow g1 Foz do Iguaçu and region on WhatsApp According to the police, the location inspected in Cidade do Leste was used to counterfeit the product, which was packaged and sold as a legitimate medicine before being sent illegally to Brazil. According to them, the seized items did not meet the sanitary controls required for the manufacture and distribution of medicines. During the operation, agents seized around 4,000 sealed vials of injectable medication labeled as "Tirzepatide T.G. 15 mg". Mathias was arrested for falsifying tirzepatide National Police of Paraguay In addition to Mathias, other suspects have been identified and may be subject to international arrest requests. According to the investigation, they moved between Paraguay and Brazil to sell the products. The case is being investigated as trafficking in medicines that are harmful to health. Prosecutor Luis Trinidad Colmán ordered the preventive detention of the suspect, who remains detained in the department of Alto Paraná. Also read: VIDEO: Tourist hangs on catwalk and jumps into the waters of Iguaçu Falls Paraguay: Farmer son of Brazilians reappears after more than 100 days missing Remember case: Two years after the crime, those accused of attacking young people with caustic soda will be tried Most watched videos from g1 Paraná: See more news from the region on g1 Paraná.