April 19, 2024

Peru Sentences Ex-President Pedro Castillo to 1.5 Years Preventive Prison for Failed ā€˜Self-Coupā€™

Peruvian high court investigative judge Juan Carlos Checkley Soria sentenced the nationā€™s former president, Pedro Castillo, on Thursday to serve 18 months in preventive prison on charges of ā€œrebellionā€ and conspiracy to abuse authority. Castillo was impeached and arrested on December 7 after attempting to dissolve the nationā€™s congress to stay in executive power as

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