Drones piloted by TV crews whirr(嗡嗡作响) over Santiago Peña’s mansion in the hills. Below, investigators debate how to open the former president of Paraguay’s walk-in safe(步入式保险柜), hidden inside a secret passage. A policeman is asked if reports that they might blow the vault open(炸开金库) are true. “No,” he laughs. “People live nearby.” Besides, an explosion could bring an infinity pool that sits above it pouring down.(再说，爆炸可能会让位于其上方的无边际泳池倾泻而下。)
电视台工作人员操控的无人机在圣地亚哥·培尼亚位于山间的宅邸上空嗡嗡盘旋。下方，调查人员正在争论如何打开这位巴拉圭前总统的步入式保险柜——它藏在一处秘密通道内。有人问一名警察，关于他们可能炸开金库的报道是否属实。“不会，”他笑着说，“附近有人住。”再说，爆炸可能会让位于其上方的无边际泳池倾泻而下。
Paraguay has been in tumult(动荡；骚乱) since November 3rd, when regulators seized an upstart(新兴的；暴发户式的) bank called Ueno. Three million customers were frozen out of their accounts(被冻结账户) (Paraguay has about 7m people). Many couldn’t pay for food, fuel or medicine. Some $850m of government money remains stranded(被困住的；搁浅的). Within days, Mr Peña was impeached(被弹劾) and arrested. Investigators say he abused his position to benefit the digital lender. They say Ueno sucked in state funds(吸纳国家资金) and disbursed(支付；发放) extravagant(奢侈的；过度的) loans to cronies(亲信；密友). Mr Peña denies wrongdoing.
自11月3日监管机构查封一家名为Ueno的新兴银行以来，巴拉圭一直处于动荡之中。300万客户的账户被冻结（巴拉圭人口约700万）。许多人无法支付食品、燃料或药品的费用。约8.5亿美元政府资金仍被困其中。数日之内，培尼亚先生遭弹劾并被捕。调查人员称他滥用职权为这家数字贷款机构谋利。他们说Ueno吸纳国家资金，并向亲信发放巨额贷款。培尼亚先生否认有不当行为。
When preparing to take office in 2023, Mr Peña tapped(选中；任命) Ueno’s chairman, Carlos Carvallo, to lead Paraguay’s Central Bank (BCP). Mr Peña was friendly with Miguel Vázquez, Ueno’s CEO, who sought to make the bank Paraguay’s first billion-dollar startup.(培尼亚先生与Ueno首席执行官米格尔·巴斯克斯关系友好，后者力图将这家银行打造成巴拉圭首家估值十亿美元的初创企业。) Mr Peña’s asset declarations show Ueno lent him around $315,000; prosecutors say the borrowings were higher than that, and that they were used to build his summer residence (where the vault was found).(培尼亚先生的资产申报显示，Ueno向他放贷约31.5万美元；检方称借款金额高于此数，且被用于建造他的避暑宅邸（保险柜即在那里被发现）。) He held shares in the bank’s holding company(控股公司) until last year. The central bank, under Mr Carvallo’s care, approved Ueno’s speedy expansion.
2023年准备就职时，培尼亚先生选中Ueno董事长卡洛斯·卡瓦略执掌巴拉圭中央银行（BCP）。培尼亚先生与Ueno首席执行官米格尔·巴斯克斯关系友好，后者力图将这家银行打造成巴拉圭首家估值十亿美元的初创企业。培尼亚先生的资产申报显示，Ueno向他放贷约31.5万美元；检方称借款金额高于此数，且被用于建造他的避暑宅邸（保险柜即在那里被发现）。直到去年，他还持有该银行控股公司的股份。在卡瓦略先生掌管下，央行批准了Ueno的快速扩张。