Overview

• Provisional Supreme Judge Edhin Campos Barranzuela issued a Sept. 17 resolution denying Pedro Castillo’s latest request to end preventive detention, keeping him at the Barbadillo prison in Ate.
• The court held the detention remains suitable, necessary and proportionate, and noted the hearing to extend the measure was set before the initial term expired and resolved within legal deadlines.
• The ruling said a cessation motion is not the proper vehicle to contest alleged due‑process violations, indicating those claims should be pursued through other procedural or constitutional actions.
• Castillo’s defense had argued the prosecution filed an incomplete and late constitutional complaint, that the extension was resolved after the initial term, and that judge assignments were improper.
• The specialized prosecution is seeking 34 years in prison and a 3‑year‑6‑month disqualification for alleged rebellion and related crimes, while Castillo also remains under preventive detention in organized‑crime probes tied to Petroperú, Puente Tarata and the Housing Ministry; Supreme Court judges are evaluating a possible added count of conspiracy for rebellion, which the prosecutor must decide whether to adopt.