Paraguay's Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office on Friday and prosecutors placed him under house arrest at a residence in Asunción after the collapse of digital lender Ueno Bank, according to EFE, Infobae and UPI^2,3,4. Al Jazeera later said authorities moved him to a military base for protection¹.

EFE quoted National Police as saying Peña was officially under arrest at his home after the Senate impeachment². Prosecutor Silvia González said he was confirmed at the residence and in custody². Infobae identified the file as case 92/2026 for alleged breach of trust and said the order went to police command³.

UPI said the Senate vote was 44-0 and that Vice President Pedro Alliana was sworn in to serve through 2028⁴. Alliana said those hurt by the financial collapse would be fully compensated, EFE reported².

Peña offered to resign on Thursday^2,4. UPI said lawmakers rejected the resignation, which under the constitution would have left a former president as a senator for life with immunity⁴. EFE cited Article 189 on that point².

Ueno entered a central-bank resolution this week after solvency problems². EFE put the customer count at about 2.94 million in a country of 6.1 million people and said thousands of savers, including 32,000 IPS retirees, could not reach funds². UPI put frozen accounts at about 2.9 million, or about 60 percent of adults⁴.

Infobae said Peña declared a Ueno Holding stake in 2023, sold in April 2025³. The arrest order also named former central bank chief Carlos Carvallo Spalding, who resigned this week^2,3. Peña has denied wrongdoing; UPI cited attorney Ricardo Preda calling the claims irresponsible and opportunistic^4,5.

Al Jazeera's newsfeed was the only source among these that described a later transfer to a military base¹. EFE, Infobae, UPI and AP described house arrest at the home^2,3,4,5. AP said he was to appear before prosecutors Saturday morning⁵. Whether that appearance proceeds, and where Peña is held after it, was not independently confirmed in these reports.