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Former President Pedro Castillo, Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Rebellion, Is Asking the New President of Peru for a Pardon.
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By Jimena De La Quintana and Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español. Pedro Castillo, the former president of Peru sentenced to prison for conspiracy to commit rebellion, has asked the country's new interim president, José María Balcázar, for a pardon, arguing that he was the target of "political persecution" during his trial. In his request sent to Balcázar this Thursday, Castillo again rejects the 11-year prison sentence handed down to him at the end …
On his first day as president in charge of Peru, José María Balcázar has received a letter in his office from the prison and with the signature of Pedro Castillo, the union master who won the elections of 2021 and was stopped a year and a half later for trying a self-coup that lasted just 180 minutes.In the document, Castillo expresses a formal request: receive the presidential pardon.
Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo applied for pardon from the new interim president of the country, José Balcázar
Walter Ayala requests a pardon for Pedro Castillo, convicted for attempted coup. President Balcázar has not yet received a formal request. The pardon is under debate.
Walter Ayala said this morning that he will arrive at Barbadillo prison so that the request of presidential grace will be presented today to the new president
The ex-mandatario submitted a request for a presidential pardon to the office of José María Balcázar. His lawyer, Walter Ayala, entered the document at the table of parts of Government Palace after collecting the signature of the former head of State in Barbadillo prison.
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