LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s judiciary on Thursday sentenced former leftist President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison in a trial for rebellion and conspiracy against the state at the end of 2022, when he unsuccessfully attempted to dissolve Congress and assume broad powers.
Castillo’s conviction comes a day after another former president, Martin Vizcarra, was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of taking bribes years before he took office.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino. Writing by Inigo Alexander. Editing by Lucinda Elliott)
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