US EditionPeru judge strikes down bid to stop ousted president leaving country
- On Wednesday, Judge Fernando Valdez rejected prosecutors' bid to bar Dina Boluarte from leaving Peru, calling the request `unfounded` after Peru's Congress ousted her 122 to zero last week.
- Peru's State Prosecutor's Office sought to bar Dina Boluarte from leaving amid probes alleging she took money from a criminal group, failed to notify Congress during surgery, and abandoned her post for two weeks in July 2023.
- A long pattern of instability shows as Peru has registered seven presidents in seven years, with three ex-leaders behind bars and over half of Peru's Congress representatives facing state prosecutors' investigations.
- On the night she was removed, a crowd gathered outside Ecuador's embassy in Lima amid speculation Dina Boluarte could seek asylum, and she left office with approval ratings 2 to 4 percent as transport workers and young people protested rising extortions and murders.
- Amid demonstrations supporting Pedro Castillo, Dina Boluarte's government faces accusations of excessive force during deadly protests following his December 2022 removal.
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Peru judge strikes down bid to stop ousted president leaving country
A Peruvian judge on Wednesday rejected a bid to prevent former President Dina Boluarte, who Congress abruptly ousted last week, from leaving the country while state prosecutors investigate her for alleged abuse of office and money laundering.
A Peruvian judge on Wednesday rejected a request by prosecutors to ban former President Dina Boluarte, who was ousted by Congress last week, from leaving the country. Judge Fernando Valdes ruled that the prosecutors’ request, which sought to prevent Boluarte from leaving the Andean country for 36 months while she is under investigation for money laundering while she was vice president and for “abandoning” her position during nose surgery while s…
"There is no risk of flight" of ex-president Bolluarte, judges a Peruvian judge - News Bulletin 247
A Peruvian judge on Wednesday rejected a prosecutor’s request to bar Peru’s former president, Dina Bolluarte, who was ousted last week by Congress, from leaving the country. The judges Fernando Valdes judged “unfounded” the prosecutor’s request, which provided for the prevention of Ms. Boluarte’s exit from the Andean country for 36 months, while investigations are conducted against her for money laundering when she was vice president and for “a…
The Ministry of Public Affairs opened several proceedings against the former President shortly after his removal of the post
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