A judge in Peru was deciding Thursday whether ousted President Pedro Castillo will remain in custody while authorities build their case against him for inciting a rebellion. Extending his detention would likely inflame violent protests gripping the country.
The decision on whether to detain Castillo for up to 18 months comes after the government on Wednesday declared a police state as it struggles to calm protests that have raged since last week, when Peruvian lawmakers removed Castillo from power.
In Cusco, a top tourist destination, people were stuck Thursday at hotels and the airport. Among them are 20 citizens of Ecuador, according to a statement from that country's foreign affairs ministry. Castillo was taken into custody last Wednesday after he was ousted by lawmakers when he sought to dissolve Congress ahead of an impeachment vote. Peru's Supreme Prosecutor Alcides Chinchay said in court that Castillo faces at least 10 years in prison for the rebellion charge.
Some grocery store owners were cleaning the roads littered with rocks and burned tires, but they planned to close the stores because of the expected protests led by people from nearby rural communities. Chinchay insisted Castillo is a flight risk as evidenced by his attempt to reach the Mexican embassy to seek asylum after he left the presidential palace. He quoted remarks from Mexico's president and foreign affairs minister indicating Mexico was opened to granting asylum.Castillo's public defender, Italo Diaz, rejected that the former president is a flight risk. He told the judge Castillo's children and wife depend on him and he could return to his teaching job if freed.
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