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Paraguay's banking superintendent arrested in Ueno Bank investigation

Paraguay's banking superintendent has been arrested in the investigation into Ueno Bank, MercoPress reported .

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Paraguay's banking superintendent has been arrested in the investigation into Ueno Bank, MercoPress reported .

Prosecutors have charged Santiago Peña and sought his pre-trial detention over the Ueno Bank collapse, MercoPress reported .

Peña, the former president, is under house arrest after Congress removed him over the Ueno Bank scandal, BBC Mundo reported .

Pedro Alliana was invested as president after the Senate removed Peña .

Prosecutors opened a vault at Peña's house and found it empty, and found two safes at Ueno Bank, MercoPress reported .

The stakes sit with the savers: millions of Paraguayans affected by the crisis are still waiting for their savings to be returned, BBC Mundo reported .

What is known is the arrest, the charges, and the removal that put Alliana in office . What is not yet known is what charges the superintendent faces, what the investigation has found, or when savers will get their money back — none of that appeared in today's intake.

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