Paraguay’s impeached President Peña put under house arrest

ASUNCION, Paraguay—Paraguayan authorities placed impeached President Santiago Peña under house arrest on Friday, shortly after his removal from office over a massive banking crisis. “He will remain under house arrest at his residence” in Asuncion, prosecutor Silvia Margarita Gonzalez Vester told reporters. Vester added that Peña will be questioned Saturday over alleged crimes of breach of