Ex-president Pedro Castillo again asks Peru's constitutional court to release him from prison
The former Peruvian president, Pedro Castillo, appeared this Monday before the full Constitutional Court (TC) to request that it order his immediate release and declare the entire proceeding against him null and void. teleSUR
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00:00 Peru's constitutional court ruled on Monday on a habeas corpus petition in favor of former
00:04 President Pedro Castillo.
00:06 The former president of Peru, Castillo, spoke this Monday in a judicial hearing held almost
00:12 a year after his departure from power.
00:15 During the public hearing of the plenary of the constitutional court, Castillo ratified
00:18 that on December 7, 2022, he was arrested under the pretext of having committed the
00:23 crime of flagrancy.
00:24 The president also pointed out that the attorney general of the nation, Patricia Benavides,
00:29 is being investigated for presumably being the leader of a criminal organization.