Paraguay's Ousted President Remains in Custody
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The former president of Paraguay was brought before the judge and must have been handcuffed to move inside the Palace of Justice.He was dismissed on Friday by Congress following the financial scandal of Ueno Bank, where he is suspected of being involved.He was detained with pretrial detention in the Presidential Escort Regiment, where he can use his cell phone and receive visitors.
Former Paraguayan President Santiago Pena, who was ousted on Friday over suspicions of involvement in a banking scandal, remains in custody. He appeared before an investigating judge on Saturday, who ordered his detention on charges of "abuse of trust and mismanagement for personal gain."
(EFE).- A judge from Paraguay ordered this Saturday that former President Santiago Peña remain in pretrial detention, after the Prosecutor's Office formally charged him with an alleged breach of trust and administration for his own benefit in the investigation for the closure of Ueno bank. "This citizen must be under the figure of the prison [...] The Judge entry sends Santiago Peña to pretrial detention for the Ueno bank case was first publishe…
Preventive Prison for Santiago Peña in Paraguay: Justice Ordered His Transfer to a Military Barracks
The criminal judge of Guarantees of Economic Crimes, Humberto Otazú, ordered on Saturday, November 7 the pre-trial detention of the former president of Paraguay Santiago Peña. The judicial measure states that the former president should be detained in the Presidential Guard Regiment of Asunción, after having lost his position after being found guilty of...
Former Paraguayan president Santiago Peña was put in pre-trial detention on Saturday (7), after being denounced for alleged responsibility in a banking crisis that left millions of currentists without access to their deposits and precipitated his dismissal, Judge Humberto Otazu informed journalists. Peña was denounced for alleged injury of trust and administration [...]
News of the Day and the Hour Latest News of the day The criminal judge of Guarantees of Economic Crimes Humberto Otazú ordered the pretrial detention of former President Santiago Peña, who will remain in detention in the Regiment... News Paraguay: Santiago Peña will remain in pretrial detention in the Escorta Presidential Regiment of Asunción was first published in News of the Day and the Hour Latest News of the day
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