US EditionFormer Peruvian President Pedro Castillo sentenced for conspiracy
Pedro Castillo was sentenced to over 11 years for conspiracy to rebel after his failed 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress, joining four other jailed former Peruvian presidents.
- 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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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 ex-president Castillo sentenced to over 11 years in prison
Peru’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced leftist ex-president Pedro Castillo to more than 11 years in jail for trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree to avoid impeachment. Dubbed Peru’s first poor president, the former rural teacher, who had never held elected office before winning the presidency, was impeached by Congress and jailed following his attempted power grab in December 2022. He had repeatedly clashed with an opposition-domin…
Former leftist President of Peru Pedro Castillo was convicted today by the Special Criminal Court and sentenced to 11 years and five months in prison for dissolving Parliament in 2022, which the court qualified as a conspiracy to rebel against state authority and the constitutional order.
He had attempted to dissolve Congress, which was preparing to initiate impeachment proceedings over corruption allegations.
In Peru, former left-wing president Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) was sentenced on Thursday 27 November to 11 years, 5 months and 15 days in prison for rebellion, after his aborted attempt to dissolve Parliament in 2022. This prison sentence comes two days after Martin Vizcarra's conviction, sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption.
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