Overview
- The left-wing party confirmed on social media that Castillo will lead its Senate list for Peru’s 2026 elections while he remains in pretrial detention at the Barbadillo prison.
- Castillo’s oral trial over his December 7, 2022 actions has entered closing arguments, with prosecutors seeking a 34-year prison sentence.
- His lawyer points to the 36‑month limit on pretrial detention reaching early December, arguing he could be released if no final ruling is issued by then.
- Congress has advanced a separate process to bar him from public office for 10 years, with a subcommittee’s recommendation now needing approval by the Permanent Commission and then the full chamber.
- Castillo filed a criminal complaint naming 100 lawmakers who backed his removal—listing two who died in 2024—and challenging the vote count and Dina Boluarte’s succession, despite a 2024 Constitutional Court ruling that upheld Congress’s actions.