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Pedro Castillo Will Continue in Barbadillo: Ministry of Justice Dismisses Pardon for Former President

Summary by Diario Correo
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights ruled after the dissemination of versions of an alleged pardon procedure in favor of former President Pedro Castillo, who is being held in Barbadillo prison for the attempted coup d'état that took place on December 7, 2022. The portfolio ruled out that there is some ongoing procedure and pointed out that the information disseminated does not correspond to reality. Through an official statement, the Minist…
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Former President Pedro Castillo must continue to build patience (and perhaps a more extensive prison curriculum) because his request for pardon, presented on February 18, clashes with a fairly solid bureaucratic and legal wall. It turns out that the Ministry of Justice, in a statement worthy of a defensive public relations manual, called the citizen’s suspicion that the recent “updating” of the Presidential Thank you Commission is in fact a mast…

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On Wednesday, May 13, from 2 p.m., the Minister of Justice and Human Rights (Minjus), Luis Jiménez, is due to report to the Congressional Supervisory Committee on changes to the Presidential Thank you Commission.This call comes amid rumors of a possible pardon to President Pedro Castillo, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence for the coup d'état and is being investigated for other acts of corruption. Yesterday, the working group approved the…

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The Presidential Thank you Commission, which evaluates the release of prisoners by decision of the president of Peru, declared inadmissible a request in this regard submitted by the former Peruvian president Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), as reported this Friday by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. In a statement, the ministry specified that, currently, "it is not pending [...] The entry The Government of Peru rejects request for pardon for…

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights reiterated that no request for presidential thanks — common or for humanitarian reasons — is pending with respect to Pedro Castillo Terrones, former president of the Republic.

Jiménez has rejected the "speculations", he said, that they have been launched on this issue, since he assumed as president José María Balacázar, who had been part of the Peru Libre party during the years that upped Castillo.

The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights ruled after the dissemination of versions of an alleged pardon procedure in favor of former President Pedro Castillo, who is being held in Barbadillo prison for the attempted coup d'état that took place on December 7, 2022. The portfolio ruled out that there is some ongoing procedure and pointed out that the information disseminated does not correspond to reality. Through an official statement, the Minist…

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EXITOSA NOTICIAS - NOTICIAS DEL PERU Y EL MUNDO broke the news on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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