Former BCP executive Marco Aurelio González surrenders in ueno bank case
The former member of the BCP Board of Directors presented himself voluntarily before the justice system following an arrest warrant linked to the closure of ueno bank.
Former BCP executive puts himself at the disposal of the justice system in the ueno bank case
Marco Aurelio González, former member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), presented himself shortly after 07:00 on Friday at the First Metropolitan Police Station to put himself at the disposal of the justice system, according to ultimahora.com.
González is being investigated for alleged breach of trust in the context of the closure of ueno bank, a process that triggered an economic and political crisis in Paraguay and resulted in the removal of former president Santiago Peña through impeachment.
Hours before his presentation, fiscal and police agents raided his residence with the aim of detaining him, but the man was not at the address. He was subsequently transferred, handcuffed and hooded, to the headquarters of the Specialised Unit for Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption (UDEA) of the Public Prosecutor's Office for his interrogation.
On 4 November, González had submitted his resignation from his position as titular member of the BCP through a letter addressed to the Presidency of the Republic. His departure came after it became known that the Board of Directors of the parent bank detected an insufficiency in the solvency index of ueno bank below 50% of the minimum required, as a consequence of adjustments made to the financial statements during the regularisation process.
In the detention request document, the Public Prosecutor's Office noted that the former directors had "direct and early knowledge" of the critical institutional and solvency situation of the banking entity. The imputation record shows that since December 2025 they had knowledge of "the unmet commitments in the 2024 feasibility plan, the irregular modification of trusts without authorisation from the collegial body and excessive operations with related companies".
Lawyer Arturo Daniel, González's legal representative, justified his client's absence during the raid by pointing out that he is experiencing a health problem. In statements to NPy, he argued that González presented himself voluntarily before the authorities to avoid speculation about a possible flight.
Daniel characterised the process as one with "a high political component" and announced that they would request the fiscal file to familiarise themselves with the facts attributed to his client. "We will see what happens, we have little information still. There are some striking elements in this process, it is not a common process, it also has a high political component, but this is the reality that Marco Aurelio González must carry out his defence", the lawyer said.
The legal representative added that González is willing to cooperate with the case and emphasised that his client was one of the original informants of the fact being investigated.
Source: Google News PY — Crime