# Newspaper: Paraguay’s former president Pena detained over bank collapse case

https://mins.news/en/item/133254

- TASS, 2026-11-06 23:42 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2214119

> Police detained former Paraguayan President Santiago Pena under a prosecutor’s warrant, ABC Color reported. Prosecutors charged him with abuse of trust and suspect he was involved in embezzling funds through Ueno Bank, whose case led to accounts belonging to about 3 million customers being frozen.

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