against the resolution that denied reviewing ex officio the preventive detention order imposed on him while being investigated for the crime of rebellion and other offenses to the detriment of the Peruvian State.
The court stated that no new investigative means have emerged that would alter Castillo's legal situation, and that, in the course of an ex officio review, it is not appropriate to revoke preventive detention, as the defense’s appeal cannot prosper.
"There are no further means of investigation (indicative intervention) or reasons based on the principle of proportionality that would allow the current pre-trial detention order to be changed," the document read.
Thus, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Supreme Preparatory Investigation Court —headed by Supreme Court Judge Juan Carlos Checkley— which in October 2024 rejected the ex officio review of the restrictive measure against Castillo and declared it in force.
Castillo faces a 34-year prison sentence request for this crime, for which former Prime Ministers Anibal Torres and Betssy Chavez are under investigation.
The ex-top official is also serving another 36-month preventive detention order for the alleged crime of being part of a criminal organization in the investigation into alleged corruption acts at the State-run Petroperu company, and the Ministries of Transportation-Communications and Housing.