Jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, attends his trial on charges of rebellion at a police base on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Supporters of jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo shout slogans outside the police base where his trial on charges of rebellion and other state crimes continues on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Supporters of jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo hold signs outside the police base where his trial on charges of rebellion and other state crimes continues on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A supporter of jailed, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo holds a sign for his release outside the police base where his trial on charges of rebellion and other state crimes continues on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has ended a four-day hunger strike that he began in protest of his trial on rebellion and other charges, judicial authorities announced Friday.
A judicial clerk informed the Supreme Court's panel overseeing the case that Castillo ended the hunger strike Thursday afternoon after being released from a hospital where he was taken that same day because of a “health problem.â€
Castillo has been detained since Dec. 7, 2022, when he gave a televised speech in which he declared the dissolution of Congress and his intent to rule by decree. Congress removed him from office that same day.
Now, the former president faces a on charges of rebellion, grave abuse of authority and disturbing public tranquility in a case that has polarized the South American nation. The prosecution is seeking 34 years in prison for the former president.
Castillo has described his trial as “politicized†and a “pantomime†and has refused legal counsel provided by the judicial system.
The removal of Castillo, Peru’s first Indigenous president, had sparked large protests in the south of the country, in which in the weeks following his ouster. He was replaced by then-Vice President .
Castillo was a rural school teacher with no political experience when he won Peru’s 2021 election. In addition to the current trial, he faces a criminal investigation over alleged corruption during his time in office.
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