Peruvian Supreme Court ratifies 18 months in prison for Pedro Castillo

The Supreme Court from Peru determined that the deposed Pedro Castillo continue in the jailafter rejecting the appeal presented by his defense against the 18 months of pretrial detention which he received on December 15, a week after being dismissed.

“The Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court ratifies a resolution that ordered 18 months of preventive detention against former President Pedro Castillo, investigated for the crime of rebellion against the State,” the Judiciary wrote on Twitter.

The court, chaired by Judge César San Martín, also varied the order to appear with restrictions imposed in the first instance on former Prime Minister Aníbal Torres and imposed an 18-month ban on him from leaving the country.

In the resolution, the Supreme Chamber declared the appeal filed by Castillo’s defense “unfounded” and the request of the Prosecutor’s Office to change Torres’ situation “founded in part,” according to the EFE news agency.

During the hearing held this Wednesday, Castillo’s lawyer, Wilfredo Robles, accused the Prosecutor’s Office of showing “an eagerness to accumulate crimes” against the former president and said that there are insufficient grounds to maintain preventive detention.

Robles maintained that Castillo did not call to rise up in arms during the message he offered on December 7 and also alleged that he has work ties, since he must return to his teaching position in a rural school in the north of the country.

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It should be noted that Pedro Castillo also intervened in the hearing and, after affirming that the preventive detention he is serving is unfair and a political revenge, he took the opportunity to request his release. “I have never committed a crime of rebellion.

“I have not taken up arms and I have not called anyone to take up arms either, but I must say that the one who took up arms to end the lives of more than 30 Peruvians is the current government,” he said regarding the 28 people who have died during the protests in Peru.

Castillo has been detained since December 7, when he was detained after announcing in a speech that he was going to dissolve Congress, govern by decree, intervene in the Judiciary, and convene a constituent assembly, which was seen as an alleged coup d’état.

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