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Mexican President Speaks Out in Favor of the Release of Convicted Former Peruvian President Castillo
By Fabiola Sánchez, Mexico City (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke out Friday in favor of the release of former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit rebellion after attempting to close his country's Congress in 2022. Sheinbaum once again defended Castillo, who the previous day had asked interim President José María Balcázar for a pardon. The Mexican leader stated in h…
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has defended Friday the innocence of the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, sentenced to 11 years in prison for the crime of conspiracy and who has asked for pardon from his party partner, José María Balcázar, elected by Congress as new president. She has also recalled that former Prime Minister Bettsy Chávez, prosecuted for alleged rebellion, is still a refugee in the Mexican embassy in Lima, u…
The president defended the position "that it has no reason to be" the detention of the former Peruvian president dismissed.
The president defended the position "that it has no reason to be" the detention of the former Peruvian president dismissed.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, this Friday called for the release of the imprisoned Peruvian ex-mandator Pedro Castillo, after this week's appointment of a new head of state in the South American country.Castillo, a teacher of Andean origin elected president in 2021, was sentenced last November to 11 and a half years in prison for the charge of rebellion, after his failed attempt to dissolve the Peruvian parliament in December 2022.
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