US EditionFormer Peruvian President Pedro Castillo sentenced for conspiracy
Pedro Castillo was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for conspiracy after his failed 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress; two ministers received similar terms, and he faces a two-year ban from public office.
- On November 27, 2025, Peru's Supreme Court in Lima sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison.
- Castillo had repeatedly clashed with an opposition-dominated Congress during his 16 months in office and sought to dissolve parliament on December 7, 2022, leading prosecutors to charge him with rebellion and conspiracy.
- He was arrested on his way to the Mexican embassy to request asylum, and the Peruvian government severed ties after the Mexican embassy in Lima granted asylum to Betssy Chávez, former prime minister.
- Castillo is to join other former presidents at Barbadillo Prison in Lima, a special panel of Peru's highest court banned him from public office for two years, while two former ministers received 11.5-year sentences and the appeal process is available.
- This verdict deepens a pattern of former Peruvian presidents facing criminal convictions, arriving a day after Martín Vizcarra was sentenced and following protests with at least 50 deaths.
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Peru: Castillo gets 11 years for failed coup attempt
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones was sentenced on Thursday to 11 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for the crime of conspiracy to commit rebellion, stemming from his failed attempt to dissolve Congress in December 2022.
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been sentenced to 11 years, five months and 15 days in prison for attempting a coup d'état.
Ex-President of Peru Gets Prison in 2022 Coup Attempt
A court in Peru has sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11½ years in prison for rebellion and conspiracy, following his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and expand his own powers in 2022. Castillo's bid to shut down the legislature led to his removal from office in December of that...
Peru sentences former President Pedro Castillo just a day after another presidential conviction
By Jimena De La Quintana, Alessandra Freitas, CNN Lima, Peru (CNN) — In an extraordinary two-day series of judgments, a Peruvian Supreme Court chamber sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in prison for attempting to dissolve Congress, only a day after another ex-president, Martín Vizcarra, was convicted and given 14 years for bribery. During a special hearing of the Supreme Court held at Lima’s Barbadillo Prison on Thu…
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