Former President Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) will be tried for the failed coup d’état that he allegedly attempted in Peru on December 7, 2022, according to the decision of provisional Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley, the Judiciary reported on the social network.
The same judge rejected a request to dismiss (archive) this investigation presented by Castillo and the other defendants in this case.
The former president will face trial for the failed coup, which led to his dismissal by Congress shortly after the attempt, along with his former prime ministers Aníbal Torres and Betssy Chávez.
Former ministers Willy Huerta and Roberto Sánchez, who is a current congressman, will also be tried in this case, as well as officers of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Manuel Lozada, Jesús Venero and Eder Infanzón.
The decision on the request for dismissal, which was made in a virtual hearing of the accusation control stage, cannot be appealed.
Castillo, who was removed from office by Congress shortly after he gave a televised message in which he announced his intention to close Congress, intervene in the Judiciary and call a constituent assembly, has been in prison since December 7, 2022, prosecuted for the crime of rebellion and also faces other cases of alleged corruption.
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