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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Peru's detained ex-President Castillo transferred to a hospital days after starting hunger strike

Peru Castillo Trial - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was taken from prison to a hospital on Thursday, three days after he began a hunger strike in protest of his ongoing rebellion trial.

The court hearing his trial reported that Castillo, 55, was transferred because of a “health problem” and to rule out a “fluid-electrolyte disorder and mild dehydration.”

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