Pedro Castillo: Peru's ousted president detained by police in Lima

Peru's ousted President Pedro Castillo has been detained by constabulary and accused of "rebellion" and "conspiracy" to interruption the law order.

He was reportedly detained connected his mode to the Mexican embassy successful Lima, hours aft helium tried to dissolve parliament.

Images tally by TV outlets showed the 53-year-old astatine constabulary premises and co-operating with prosecutors.

He has reportedly been moved to a police-run prison, but Mexico says it is consenting to connection him asylum.

The country's Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said helium was "very concerned" by Mr Castillo's detention, but said the erstwhile president had yet to marque a ceremonial petition for asylum oregon assistance from his government.

"Mexico regrets the latest events successful Peru and wishes respect for ideology and quality rights, for the bully of that endearing sister nation," Mr Ebrard added successful a station connected Twitter.

Mr Castillo was removed from bureau by lawmakers connected Wednesday aft helium gave an code connected nationalist tv successful which helium declared a authorities of exigency and outlined plans to regularisation the state by decree.

He announced that helium would dissolve the opposition-controlled Congress, a determination which was met with daze some successful Peru - respective ministers resigned successful protestation - and abroad.

The caput of the law tribunal accused him of launching a coup, portion the US "strongly urged" Mr Castillo to reverse his decision.

Peru's constabulary and equipped forces released a associated connection successful which they said they respected the law order.

Mr Castillo's attempts to dissolve Congress came conscionable hours earlier it was owed to commencement caller impeachment proceedings against him - the 3rd since helium came to bureau successful July 2021.

Elected arsenic a governmental outsider, helium has lacked a powerfulness basal successful the country's fractured legislature - particularly since his interruption from the Free Peru enactment successful June to govern arsenic an independent.

And his authorities has been consistently surrounded by chaos, with dozens of ministers appointed, replaced, fired oregon quitting their posts successful small much than a year.

In his televised address, helium said: "In effect to citizens' demands passim the magnitude and breadth of the country, we person decided to found an exceptional authorities aimed astatine re-establishing the regularisation of instrumentality and democracy."

He said that "a caller Congress with constituent powers to gully up a caller constitution" would beryllium convened "within nary much than 9 months".

While moving for the presidency, 1 of Mr Castillo's main pledges was to telephone a referendum for an assembly to constitute a caller constitution, to regenerate the existent substance enacted successful 1993 nether Alberto Fujimori. He had called for a papers that "has the colour, odor and flavour of the people".

But helium has faced a dependable watercourse of investigations connected whether helium utilized his bureau to enrich himself, his household and his closest allies, and critics called his determination connected Wednesday an effort to debar impeachment.

Congress, which is controlled by parties opposed to Mr Castillo, convened an exigency league aft his code and held the impeachment ballot that Mr Castillo had been trying to prevent.

The effect was overwhelming: 101 voted successful favour of impeaching him, with lone six against and 10 abstentions.

He was aboriginal detained by constabulary and successful photos - which were shared by constabulary connected Twitter but subsequently deleted - helium could beryllium seen sitting, seemingly relaxed, and chatting to others.

In a statement, Peru's nationalist ministry said Mr Castillo had been detained "for allegedly committing a transgression against the Powers of the State and Constitutional Order". He has yet to beryllium formally charged.

His downfall was marked by immoderate tiny thoroughfare clashes successful Lima, with supporters marching and tussling with police. One demonstrator held a motion saying: "Pedro, the radical are with you".

Meanwhile, metallic barricades were erected astir the authorities palace and Congress successful Lima, portion constabulary successful riot cogwheel stood guard.

Mr Castillo's Vice-President, Dina Boluarte, was aboriginal sworn successful arsenic his successor.

A erstwhile lawyer who was thing of a governmental chartless earlier being chosen arsenic Mr Castillo's moving mate, the 60-year aged said she would govern until July 2026, which is erstwhile Mr Castillo's presidency would person ended.

She besides condemned her predecessor's determination to dissolve Congress arsenic an "attempted coup" and pledged to signifier a caller furniture of each governmental stripes.

"What I inquire for is simply a space, a clip to rescue the country," she said.

The US ambassador to Lima welcomed the caller government, portion the US authorities section said it would "support Peru nether the unity authorities President Boluarte pledged to form".