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Peru Court Weighs Preventive Detention for Betssy Chávez as Asylum Standoff Persists

Prosecutors contend her absences show conditional release no longer works.

Overview

  • A virtual hearing set for November 13 will see Judge Juan Carlos Checkley consider replacing Chávez’s restricted release with 18 months of preventive detention.
  • Fiscal suprema Zoraida Ávalos filed the request on November 5, citing missed biometric controls on September 29, October 27 and November 3 and four skipped oral-trial sessions.
  • Chávez remains inside Mexico’s embassy in Lima after being granted asylum, while the government has paused any safe-conduct and plans to present the case to the OAS.
  • Her prior 18-month preventive detention was annulled by the Constitutional Tribunal, after which she was placed under court-imposed restrictions.
  • In the underlying rebellion case tied to December 7, 2022, prosecutors are seeking a 25-year prison term and two years and six months of political disqualification.