{
  "id": 18887579,
  "title": "Bank scandal: Paraguay's ex-president Peña to be held in pre-trial detention",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/bankskandal-paraguays-ex-prasident-pena-muss-in-untersuchungshaft",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-08T07:34:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/bankskandal-paraguays-ex-praesident-pena-muss-in-untersuchungshaft/100268181.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Paraguay's ousted President Santiago Peña has been taken into investigative custody in connection with a bank scandal. A judge ordered him to be held in a military barracks in the capital Asunción, citing flight risk and potential obstruction of investigations. Peña was accused of embezzlement and self-enrichment, and his lawyer argued that there was no risk of him fleeing or tampering with evidence. The case is related to the Digital bank Ueno, which faced a severe crisis and had its assets frozen, with Peña having had business ties to the bank's parent company, Grupo Vázquez.",
  "summary": "First, Santiago Peña loses his presidency, now he has to go to prison. The judiciary accuses him of serious legal violations in connection with a banking scandal.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}