Bankenskandal: Paraguays Ex-Präsident Peña muss in Untersuchungshaft
Erst verliert Santiago Peña sein Präsidentenamt, nun muss er in Haft. Die Justiz wirft ihm im Zusammenhang mit einem Bankenskandal schwere Rechtsverstöße vor.
Paraguay's former President Santiago Peña has been placed in pre-trial detention in connection with a bank scandal. Judge Humberto Otazú ordered his detention and transfer to a military barracks in the capital, Asunción, after hearing arguments. The judge cited the risk of escape and the potential obstruction of investigations, as well as Peña's possible access to sensitive information during his time in office, related to the bank scandal and organized crime.
Peña did not comment on the allegations during the hearing. His attorney, Ricardo Preda, dismissed the notion of a flight or cover-up threat, asserting that Peña was no longer the President and thus couldn't access government information. Preda described the pre-trial detention as the most severe of all possible security measures.
The prosecutor's office charged Peña with treason and self-enrichment, and sought to freeze his assets. Carlos Carvallo, a former Central Bank chief, is also being investigated in connection with the scandal, accused of treason, self-enrichment, and document falsification.
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