Prosecutors in Paraguay charged the former president, Santiago Peña, with breach of trust and using his office to enrich himself, the public prosecutor’s office announced on Saturday, after the collapse of a major bank left millions without access to their savings.

The charges came a day after Mr. Peña was impeached, removed from office and arrested over his relationship to the bank, Ueno, and his handling of the crisis. Prosecutors filed the same charges against the former president of the central bank, Carlos Carvallo, and accused him of falsifying public documents. The prosecutor’s office requested that both men be placed in pretrial detention and have their assets frozen.

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We should do an updated version of the third world/first world classification that tracks how well a country punishes corruption. Hope the USA one day stops being third world

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