Paraguayan Justice orders Santiago Peña's arrest
Journalist, postgraduate in marketing and master's in communication and consumption. Specialist in communication and consumption and political analysis.
TL;DR
- Former Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and ex-Central Bank President Carlos Carvallo have been arrested.
- The arrests follow the Senate's approval of Peña's impeachment.
- Both are under investigation for irregularities related to the Ueno Bank crisis.
- Ueno Bank's operations were suspended, impacting 2.9 million customers.
- Peña will be held under house arrest, and Carvallo in police detention.
- Suspicions of favoring the bank and misuse of public pension funds have emerged.