A Paraguayan court ordered preventive detention for ousted President Santiago Peña after prosecutors charged him with breach of trust, illicit enrichment through self-dealing and falsification of public documents following Ueno Bank’s collapse. Judge Humberto Otazu ordered Peña held at the Presidential Escort Regiment headquarters in Asunción after police arrested him at his private residence and dispersed protesters outside. Peña later answered prosecutors’ questions for nearly three hours at the State Attorney General’s Office before returning to military police custody. His detention followed a Senate vote to impeach and remove him over allegations of misconduct in office and poor performance of duties related to the financial crisis. The Central Bank of Paraguay intervened in Ueno Bank on November 3 because of severe insolvency, freezing deposits belonging to 2.94 million clients, including public institutions and pension funds. Newly sworn President Pedro Alliana, Peña’s former vice president and fellow Colorado Party member, faces pressure to compensate depositors, stabilize the financial system and restore public trust. A newer account dates the Senate vote to November 6 and Peña’s questioning to the following day, while the earlier account describes the vote as Friday and detention as Saturday.