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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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