Overview
- The court will read Pedro Castillo’s verdict at 9 a.m. from the DIROES complex near Barbadillo and will issue a separate ruling the same day for Martín Vizcarra on alleged bribery, for which prosecutors seek 15 years.
- Judges previously detached from the rebellion charge against Castillo to assess conspiracy for rebellion, a crime punishable by up to 10 years after prosecutors initially requested 25.
- Castillo delivered his final statement portraying himself as a victim, asserted he was solely responsible for the December 7, 2022 address, and sought to shield Aníbal Torres and Betssy Chávez.
- Congress’s Permanent Commission scheduled a November 25 debate on a proposal to bar Castillo and former interior minister Willy Huerta from public office for 10 years.
- Judge Juan Carlos Checkley ordered preventive detention for Betssy Chávez, who remains under asylum at Mexico’s embassy in Lima, and the tribunal signaled it can issue convictions in defendants’ absence.