A court ordered the preventive arrest of the former president of the Central Bank of Paraguay, Carlos Carvalho, in relation to the Ueno Bank scandal, the newspaper ABC Color reported.
According to the media, the judge ordered preventive detention for 15 days. The prosecution accused Carvalho of breach of trust, abuse of power for personal gain and falsification of documents.
A court previously ordered the preventive detention of former Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who was removed from office after the impeachment trial that began on November 6.