Peru extends pre-trial detention for former president Castillo


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  • Friday, 19 Jul 2024

FILE PHOTO: Peru's President Pedro Castillo speaks upon arriving at congress amid a curfew in the capital Lima imposed over fuel cost protests that have spread throughout the country, in Lima, Peru April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's judiciary said on Thursday it was extending the pre-trial detention of former President Pedro Castillo by 18 months while an investigation against him on charges of rebellion continues.

The move adds four months onto the 14-month extension it had ordered back in June.

(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Anthony Esposito)

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