Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse

NBC News · The Associated Press · 2026-11-07 02:02 UTC

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — Ousted Paraguayan President Santiago Peña was placed under house arrest Friday on suspicion of breach of trust and influence peddling, among other charges, shortly after the Senate removed him from office over the collapse of a government-linked bank that locked nearly half the country’s 6 million people out of their savings.

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