President Castillo removed from office after attempted auto-coup

TL;DR

As the vote was taking place, Peruvian television reported that Castillo and his family were packing their belongings.Then images flashed of the president, in a light blue windbreaker, abandoning the Government Palace.Castillo was accompanied at the Prefecture by his former cabinet chief, Aníbal Torres, while the Attorney General Patricia Benavides and the General Prosecutor informed him of the charges of rebelion and breaking the constitutional orderbeing being considered for the attempted coup.In her brief address in Congress, Boluarte called for a political truce to install a government of national unity, in “this difficult situation, which puts all of us citizens to the test.” Boluarte condemned President Castillo’s decision and said she was thankful that his unconstitutional actions had found no support in the institutions of democracy or in the streets.At the same time, police continued to guard the entrance to the Mexican Embassy, to prevent a possible request for asylum by Castillo’s wife, Lilia Paredes, and their children."

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