2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt

On 7 December 2022, President of Peru Pedro Castillo dissolved the Congress of Peru it tried to impeach him. Castillo forced a curfew, created an emergency government and called for a constituent assembly. The act was seen as a self-coup d'état. Members of President Castillo's government resigned after his announcement with the Peruvian Armed Forces rejecting the president's actions as well.

Castillo was impeached on the same day, and removed from office after the Constitutional Court of Peru rejected his dissolution of congress.

Outside of the Mexican embassy in Lima, Castillo was arrested after attempting to leave and seek asylum in Mexico.

In November 2025, the Supreme Court of Peru sentenced Pedro Castillo to 11 and a half years in prison for criminal conspiracy, for attempting to dissolve Congress and perpetrate a coup in 2022.

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