Castillo is under investigation for alleged crimes of rebellion, conspiracy, abuse of power and public disorder. In Peru, ten people have been killed in violent clashes with security forces in recent hours.
The Justice of Peru has decided 18 months pre-trial detention against him former president Pedro Castillo, while he is under investigation for alleged crimes of rebellion, conspiracy, abuse of power and public disorder. While, 10 people have died in the country in the past few hours.in violent clashes with security forces, and the number The death toll since Sunday now stands at 18.
For example, the Peruvian justice has taken a favorable decision on the request of the public prosecutor’s office to detain Castillo for a period of 18 months, all after the allegations that could involve Castillo were well founded. imprisonment for more than four yearsthe agency itself reports in a statement.
In addition, the decision is also based on the possibility of flight risk from the country by Castillo, who has sought political asylum from the Mexican ambassador to Peru, according to what Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained at a press conference.
The preventive detention order issued by the Peruvian judiciary comes after Castillo announced the dissolution of Congress and the establishment of an emergency government on December 7, events after which he was dismissed by Congress and later arrested by security forces. Since then he has been held in the Special Operations Directorate of the Peruvian National Police, on the outskirts of Lima, and it is now a matter of deciding which prison the former president will be sent to.
10 dead this Thursday, and 18 since Sunday
In this context, the deadly victims Violent clashes that took place in the Ayacucho region of southern Peru on Thursday have risen to eight more dead and at least 52 injured following the confirmation of another death. Two more people were also killed in the north, in the Libertad region. The deaths are the result of clashes with security forces during the first day of a national emergency declared by the Peruvian government.
Since the demonstrations and protests demanding the early elections, the resignation of the president, Dina Boluarte, the closure of Congress and the call for a constitutional assembly began this Sunday, a total of 18 deaths have been recorded in Peru, at least two of them were minors.
The Boluarte government has since Wednesday the nationwide emergency, for 30 days. In a post on Twitter, the president stated that her country had experienced “a sad day of violence” on Thursday and reiterated her “plea for peace”. Former President Castillo, for his part, has denounced that the US ambassador to Lima, Lisa Kenna, went to the government palace on Tuesday to “give orders” to Boluarte to take the troops to the streets.
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Source: EITB
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