Uruguayan Senator Gustavo Penadés, who on June 6 resigned from President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party (PN), has been ordered to be held under pre-trial detention for 180 days while he faces criminal charges for the alleged sexual exploitation of minors, in addition to abuse and rape.

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