Pedro Castillo announced the dissolution of congress hours before he was due to face an impeachment vote
Peru’s president has reportedly been detained and accused of sedition after he announced the dissolution of congress and the installation of a “government of exception” to rule by decree – just hours before he was due to face an impeachment vote.
Shortly after the country’s congress voted to remove him from office on Wednesday, Castillo left the presidential palace by car and later entered a police station, where his status was not immediately clear. In a photograph circulated by the national police on Twitter, which was later erased, Castillo was seen seated inside the station surrounded by officers.
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