Paraguay Prosecutors Order Arrest of Ex-President Peña

The criminal track now running alongside the political one raises the stakes: Peña's removal was a legislative act, but arrest warrants from prosecutors signal the banking scandal could produce personal legal exposure for both a former president and a former central bank chief. That pairing matters because it pulls the country's monetary authority into the fallout, not just the presidency. The prosecutor's silence on charges and timing is the key gap — whether those details emerge, and whether the warrants are executed, is the open question.