Overview

• On September 30, Judge Juan Carlos Checkley conceded Pedro Castillo’s appeal and sent it to the Supreme Court’s Permanent Criminal Chamber for possible review.
• Castillo remains in preventive detention over the failed December 7, 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress, and prosecutors are seeking a 34-year prison sentence.
• His defense asks the Supreme Court to revoke the ruling that kept the measure in force or, alternatively, to annul it and order a new hearing before a different judge.
• During an October 7 oral hearing from the Barbadillo prison, Castillo rejected the proceedings and criticized President Dina Boluarte, calling her “an inquilina de Palacio.”
• A separate court on October 1 ordered Congress to grant Castillo a lifetime pension, and Congress announced on October 2 that it would appeal the ruling.