Paraguay: prosecutor calls Lugo for Maduro probe

ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay’s former President Fernando Lugo must testify in an investigation over alleged Venezuelan meddling during his impeachment, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Lugo was voted out of office June 22 by a hostile Congress after a fast-track trial over his role in a deadly land eviction. He was replaced by his vice president, Federico Franco. But the poor, landlocked country’s new government has accused Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro of trying to persuade Paraguayan military leaders to rise up in support of Lugo.