法官下令巴拉圭前總統培尼亞審前羈押

丹妮拉・德桑蒂斯報導By Daniela Desantis

亞松森，11月7日（路透社）——巴拉圭一名法官週六下令，前總統聖地牙哥・培尼亞（Santiago Peña）在審前羈押於一處軍事設施。檢方正在調查他與數位貸款業者ueno的關係；該公司倒閉後，數百萬名客戶難以登入自己的帳戶。ASUNCION, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A Paraguayan judge on Saturday ordered former President Santiago Peña held in pretrial detention at a military facility while prosecutors investigate his ties to digital lender ueno, whose collapse has left millions of customers struggling to access their accounts.

法官翁貝托・奧塔蘇（Humberto Otazú）下令將培尼亞羈押在該設施。培尼亞已遭控背信與圖利行政管理罪；奧塔蘇表示，羈押是必要的，以確保案件進行期間培尼亞留在國內。Judge Humberto Otazú ordered Peña, who has been charged with breach of trust and administration for personal gain, held at the facility, saying detention was necessary to ensure he remained in the country while the case proceeded.

培尼亞遭解除職務一天後被羈押，使這場政治與金融危機進一步加深。這場危機已在亞松森引發抗議，牽連高階官員，並促使監管機關設法控制對整體金融體系的風險。The detention, a day after Peña's removal from office, deepens a political and financial crisis that has prompted protests in Asuncion, swept up senior officials and led regulators to try to contain risks to the wider financial system.

培尼亞的律師里卡多・普雷達（Ricardo Preda）告訴記者，培尼亞對指控表示不認罪。Peña's attorney, Ricardo Preda, told journalists that Peña was pleading not guilty to the charges.

普雷達說：「我們會配合調查，而我確信，這項調查結束後，結果會是撤銷案件。」"We will submit to the investigation and I am sure that when this investigation is over the result will be the dismissal," Preda said.

檢方以背信、製作不實公文書及圖利行政管理罪起訴前央行總裁卡洛斯・卡瓦洛（Carlos Carvallo）後，奧塔蘇也下令將卡瓦洛審前羈押於一處收容中心。卡瓦洛未回應媒體詢問。Otazú also ordered former central bank chief Carlos Carvallo to pretrial detention in a holding center after prosecutors charged him with breach of trust, producing false public documents and administration for personal gain. Carvallo did not respond to a request for comment.

利益衝突指控CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST ALLEGATIONS

檢方指控，培尼亞在仍與ueno維持財務關係的情況下，利用總統職位影響政府機關與國營實體的決策，讓大筆公款繼續存放在ueno。檢方表示，這層關係造成利益衝突，因為培尼亞鼓勵、促成或影響了有利於該銀行的決定。Prosecutors allege that Peña used his position as president to influence decisions by government agencies and state-owned entities to keep large amounts of public money deposited at ueno, despite maintaining financial ties to the lender. They say that relationship created a conflict of interest as Peña encouraged, facilitated or influenced decisions benefiting the bank.

培尼亞在2025年3月以前是ueno控股公司的股東。他否認有不法行為，並表示該銀行的問題屬於監管事項。Peña, who was a shareholder in ueno’s holding company until March 2025, has denied wrongdoing and said the bank’s problems were a regulatory matter.

培尼亞週六稍早抵達總檢察長辦公室，在週五戲劇性下台後到場接受檢方訊問。他遭罷免後，副總統佩德羅・阿利亞納（Pedro Alliana）接掌政權；這名長期執政的紅黨政治人物已於週五宣誓就職，將完成培尼亞至2028年8月為止的任期。Peña had arrived at the Attorney General’s Office earlier on Saturday to appear before prosecutors following his dramatic removal from power on Friday. His ouster brought Vice President Pedro Alliana to power, with the longtime ruling Colorado Party politician sworn in on Friday to complete Peña’s term through August 2028.

檢察官南希・薩洛蒙（Nancy Salomón）表示，培尼亞面臨的兩項指控，每項最高可判處10年徒刑。The two charges against Peña could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison each, said prosecutor Nancy Salomón.

隨著圍繞ueno的危機升高，卡瓦洛本週稍早辭去央行總裁職務。他此前曾在2023年以前擔任這家數位貸款業者的負責人。Carvallo resigned as central bank chief earlier this week as the crisis surrounding ueno escalated. He had previously headed the digital lender until 2023.

央行週六表示，依據國家存款保障制度，已向近120萬名存戶支付等值1.6億美元的款項。The central bank said on Saturday that the equivalent of $160 million had been paid out to nearly 1.2 million savers, under the state deposit guarantee scheme.

（丹妮拉・德桑蒂斯亞松森報導；卡珊德拉・加里森墨西哥城撰稿；露辛達・艾略特與馬修・路易斯編輯）(Reporting by Daniela Desantis in Asuncion; Writing by Cassandra Garrison in Mexico City; Editing by Lucinda Elliott and Matthew Lewis)