The ruling, which could extend President Pedro Castillo's detention for up to 18 months, would come a day after Peru's government declared a police state as it struggles to calm nationwide violent protests.
Supporters of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo block the Pan-American North Highway to protest his detention in Viru, Peru, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Peru's new government declared a 30-day national emergency on Wednesday amid violent protests following Castillo's ouster, suspending the rights of"personal security and freedom" across the Andean nation.
In Cusco, a top tourist destination, people were stuck Thursday at hotels and the airport. Among them are 20 citizens of Ecuador, according to a statement from that country’s foreign affairs ministry. Castillo was taken into custody last Wednesday after he was ousted by lawmakers when he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote. Peru's Supreme Prosecutor Alcides Chinchay said in court that Castillo faces at least 10 years in prison for the rebellion charge.
Some grocery store owners were cleaning the roads littered with rocks and burned tires, but they planned to close the stores because of the expected protests led by people from nearby rural communities. Chinchay insisted Castillo is a flight risk as evidenced by his attempt to reach the Mexican embassy to seek asylum after he left the presidential palace. He quoted remarks from“We do not believe that he wanted to go to the Mexican embassy to have tea,” Chinchay said.
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