Pedro Castillo is to be kept in custody as a Supreme Court Judge said he posed a flight risk when trying to seek asylum at the Mexican embassy in Lima.
A Peruvian judge has ordered ousted President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody for 18 months, approving a request from authorities for time to build their rebellion case against him.
The judge's decision came a day after the government declared a police state as it struggles to calm the violence in impoverished Andean regions that were the base of support for Castillo.
A Peruvian judge has ordered ousted President Pedro Castillo to remain in custody for 18 months, approving a request from authorities for time to build their.