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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Pedro Castillo, Ousted President of Peru Arrested</h1>December 7, 2022</div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lbeanq510" alt="image.png" width="392" height="222"><br><p>This Wednesday, the
Peruvian Congress approved a motion of vacancy against Pedro Castillo,
who is being held at the Prefecture headquarters after being arrested by
the National Police.</p>
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<p><em><strong>RELATED:<br> <a href="https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Peru-Congress-Approves-Motion-of-Vacancy-Against-Pedro-Castillo-20221207-0012.html" target="_blank">Peru Congress Approves Motion of Vacancy Against Pedro Castillo</a></strong></em></p>
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<p>The State Attorney General, Daniel Soria, has filed a criminal
complaint against the now former President Castillo for the
unconstitutional measure adopted. </p>
<p>Castillo is being
held at the Lima prefecture. The Attorney General, Patricia Benavides,
and Marita Barreto, prosecutor in charge of the Special Team of
Prosecutors against Corruption of Powers, which is investigating
Castillo for alleged corruption crimes, arrived at the place.</p>
<p>The Peruvian Congress
dismissed Pedro Castillo for "moral incapacity," with 101 votes in
favor out of a total of 130 congressmen, 6 votes against and 11
abstentions. The President's decision to dissolve Congress and
reorganize the judicial system was thus ignored.</p>
<p><strong>Dina Boluarte assumes the Presidency of Peru after the Peruvian Congress dismissed Pedro Castillo.</strong></p>
<p>The temporary
dissolution of Congress and the establishment of a national emergency
government were ordered by Castillo hours before the third vote of no
confidence motion against him since taking office 16 months ago.</p>
<p>The former President
also decreed a curfew throughout the country starting this Wednesday at
22.00 local time (03.00 GMT on Thursday).</p>
<p>Dina Boluarte, First Vice President, is the Head of State by constitutional succession.</p>
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