Overview
- The Public Prosecutor asked for 34 years in prison for Castillo on rebellion charges and 25 years for Betssy Chávez, who remains in Mexico’s embassy seeking safe-conduct.
- The prosecution detailed an alternative if the court convicts for conspiracy, proposing a combined 19 years and 30 days based on conspiracy, abuse of authority, and grave disturbance.
- The Special Criminal Chamber signaled the case is in its final phase with sentencing approaching, and the next hearing is scheduled for Friday, November 7 at 9 a.m.
- In a tense hearing, judges twice cut Castillo’s microphone after he exceeded his allotted time, with Judge Norma Carbajal intervening as he again denied committing rebellion.
- Parallel to the trial, 22 Castillo-aligned figures are running across five parties and one alliance for the 2026 bicameral Congress, raising questions about whether they would stay with their tickets or form a castillista bloc under Law 31988’s limits on switching caucuses.