La'Unión car transport piracy

La'Unión car transport piracy
Part of the Mara War
The MN Paraíso del Río in 1980.
Location	Lenca River, La'Unión, La'Unión, Creeperopolis
Date	29 November 1984 (1984-11-29) 6:35 a.m. TSS
Target	MN Paraíso del Río
Attack type	Ship piracy
Victims	25 dead 157 hostages 128 later released 28 later killed 1 missing
Perpetrators	Creeperian Mafia
No. of participants	~16
Motive	Steal 2nd gen. Azavedo 8s before their official release and the drugs inside
Convicted	José Martí León Alfonso Gaitán Murillo Carlos Herrera Merino Pablo Castro Juarez
Convictions	Piracy Conspiracy Murder (x54) Torture (x157) Kidnapping (x157)

On 29 November 1984, the ship MN Paraíso del Río was stolen by armed gunmen of Creeperian Mafia. This ship was carrying 835 newly produced second generation Azavedo 8s. The cars were sold by Mara Salvatrucha at extorted prices as the second generation was not yet officially released. Additionally, though not known at the time, cocaine was hidden inside cavities within the cars, and Mara Salvatrucha sought to steal the cocaine as well. The incident delayed the release of the second generation by a month and cost Azavedo Empresa Automobilistica hundreds of thousands of escudos. The ship has never been found since, however, it is believed to lie somewhere at the bottom of Lake San Salvador.