Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve congress ahead of his impeachment vote.
The Associated PressPedro Castillo is seen at a conference at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru, on Oct. 11. The ousted Peruvian president is in custody while authorities build their case against him for inciting a rebellion.
Peru's Supreme Prosecutor Alcides Chinchay said in court Thursday that Castillo faces at least 10 years in prison for the rebellion charge. Protesters are demanding Castillo's freedom, the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, and the immediate scheduling of general elections to pick a new president and members of congress. They have burned police stations, taken over an airstrip used by the armed forces and invaded the runway of the international airport in Arequipa, a gateway to some of Peru's tourist attractions.Thousands of tourists have also been affected.
Ontario sisters Heather Vitkuske, left, and Jennifer Korver have been stuck in Arequipa since Monday. Boluarte on Wednesday sought to placate protesters by saying general elections could potentially be scheduled for December 2023, four months earlier than the timing she had proposed to congress just a few days earlier.All of the protest-related deaths have occurred in rural, impoverished communities outside Lima that are strongholds for Castillo, a political neophyte and former schoolteacher from a poor Andean mountain district.
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