Ousted Paraguay president charged with ‘criminal conspiracy’ over bank crisis

By AFP
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Paraguayan prosecutors on Friday charged ousted president Santiago Pena with “criminal conspiracy” over the chaotic collapse of a major bank linked to him.

Pena, currently in pre-trial detention, “is believed to have acted as the head of the structure” of five Central Bank officials protecting the now-defunct Ueno Bank, the court document seen by AFP read.

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