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Presidential Pardon Order to Castillo Was Rejected on April 30

Summary by El Comercio
Ministry of Justice indicates that the Presidential Thank you Commission, charged with recommending to the head of State the granting of pardons, assessed the application last April 30 and that for the moment there are no other requests in process.
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Pedro Castillo Terrones' defense attorney, José Domingo Pérez, went to the front to clarify that the rejection of the Presidential Thank you Commission, attached to the Ministry of Justice (Minjus), to the request for pardon does not close the door to the release of the ex-mandator. For the ex-fiscal, the presidential pardon “is a political decision in which there are already consensuses” and the ball is on the court of the next government. In t…

·Peru
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José Domingo Pérez, ex-prosecutor specializing in corruption crimes of officials, in dialogue with RPP, pronounced himself on the decision of the Presidential Thank you Commission, attached to the Ministry of Justice (Minjus), to declare inadmissible the request for presidential pardon submitted by former President Pedro Castillo. Last Friday, Minjus issued a statement in which he pointed out that this decision was taken on April 30. The informa…

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LIMA, PERU – The legal landscape of former President Pedro Castillo remains unchanged. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Minjus) confirmed that the Presidential Thank you Commission declared inadmissible the request for pardon submitted by the defense of the ex-mandatario, who serves sentence after his failed attempted coup d’état in December 2022. Final decision of the Commission Through an official communiqué, Minjus specified that the…

Ministry of Justice indicates that the Presidential Thank you Commission, charged with recommending to the head of State the granting of pardons, assessed the application last April 30 and that for the moment there are no other requests in process.

·Lima, Peru
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El Comercio broke the news in Lima, Peru on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
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