Paraguay Moves Ousted President Peña to Military Base After Protests at His Home

Paraguayan security teams transferred former president Santiago Peña from his home in Asunción to the Presidential Escort Regiment late on Friday, November 6, after demonstrators gathered outside the residence and clashes broke out. Security forces said the gathering prevented them from guaranteeing the occupants' safety. Protesters demanded that he be held in prison rather than at home, and objects were thrown toward the departing vehicles. The Public Ministry said prosecutors had ordered the detention of Peña and Carlos Carvallo in case 92/2026, concerning suspected breach of trust and other alleged offenses. Fiscal Detention Resolution 7, dated November 6, originally directed that Peña remain at home pending his presentation to the specialized economic-crime and anticorruption unit. The directive left the location of Carvallo's detention to police command. Peña's lawyer, Ricardo Preda, argued that the conditions for preventive imprisonment were absent because there was no flight or obstruction risk. “He will submit like any other citizen,” Preda said. He said he still needed the specific allegations to prepare the defense. The transfer followed the Senate's removal of Peña on Friday amid the Ueno Bank crisis. Officials said his stay at the military facility would be temporary and that he would be taken to the Public Ministry on Saturday, November 7, at 11:00 local time.