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Peru Sentences Its Second Former President to Prison This Week

Pedro Castillo speaks during a 2021 campaign rally in Lima. — Pedro Castillo speaks during a 2021 campaign rally in Lima.Photographer: Miguel Yovera/Bloomberg

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By Marcelo Rochabrun

November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM UTC

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Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for conspiring to commit a failed rebellion in a bid to stay in power by dissolving Congress.