2024-01-22 14:36:00
What were the previous hours like and what happened after Pedro Castillo’s coup d’état? Beyond the events that were public that December 7, such as the former president’s message to the nation, that day was particularly eventful in the Government Palace.
As part of its accusation against Pedro Castillo and the rest of those prosecuted for these events, the prosecution reconstructed a timeline with the events preceding and following the failed coup. This ranges from the coordination to discharge the then commander general of the Army and the preparation of the message to the arrest of the vacant president.
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Added to this are the facts that were made public through journalistic coverage of that day and the reactions on social networks from authorities and institutions.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6
THE DAY BEFORE
17:00
Pedro Castillo, through the Minister of Defense, asks the Commander General of the Army, Walter Córdova, to resign. He asks to speak with the president.
2. 21:49
Pedro Castillo meets with Betssy Chávez and Aníbal Torres to develop what would be the message of the coup d’état
23:04
Betssy Chávez and Aníbal Torres leave the Government Palace towards the PCM. However, the document would continue to be modified in the early hours of the morning.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
BEFORE THE COUP
07:30
Castillo meets with the Minister of Defense and the head of the Army, whom he asks to resign. The minister and the general leave ten minutes later
09:00
Castillo arrives at the PCM to meet with Aníbal Torres
09:30
The session in Congress begins where Salatiel Marrufo testifies about alleged corruption in the Castillo government.
4. 09:38
Castillo leaves the PCM back to the Presidential Office. Marrufo continues testifying before Congress.
5. 09:44
Betssy Chávez leaves her house in Breña heading to the Government Palace.
09:58
Castillo meets with Betssy Chávez, with whom he agrees that the coup message be transmitted through TV Perú.
7. 10:00
Chávez contacts the secretary general of the Ministry of Culture to arrange the arrival of a journalistic team from TV Perú, claiming that it was for an interview.
8. 10:15
The secretary general of the Ministry of Culture calls the president of the IRTP regarding Betssy Chávez’s request.
9. 10:23
President of the IRTP calls the IRTP press manager regarding Betssy Chávez’s request
10. 10:27
Betssy Chávez leaves her meeting with Pedro Castillo heading to the PCM.
10:33
The Minister of the Interior, Willy Huerta, arrives at the Government Palace. The president had summoned him. Castillo tries to allow supporters to enter the Plaza de Armas.
10:46
Chávez sends WhatsApp message to ministers: “Go immediately to PCM”
10:57
Chávez tells the cabinet, via WhatsApp: “Today is a historic day.”
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
THE MOMENT OF THE COUP
1. 11:00
Through his aide-de-camp, Castillo summons Aníbal Torres, the Minister of Defense, Gustavo Bobbio, and Willy Huerta to his office. Chávez orders his aide-de-camp to allow the TV Peru team to enter
11:05
Chávez and Torres enter the Presidential Office
3. 11:13
The news director of TV Perú contacts the journalistic team that will go to the PCM. They are instructed to contact William Riveros, Chávez’s advisor.
4. 11:15
Chávez leaves the Presidential Office again to receive the TV Perú journalistic team.
11:29
Chávez and the TV Perú team enter the office. Only there is it revealed to journalists that it will be a message to the nation. The Minister of Defense and Minister Willy Huerta are also admitted.
11:31
Minister Roberto Sánchez enters the Presidential Office.
11:41
Pedro Castillo’s coup message begins.
8. 11:51
End the message. Torres and Chávez greet Castillo. The president signs the resolution to appoint a new head of the Army. Roberto Sánchez tells the president, according to the accusation, “for the country.”
11:53
Chávez leaves the Presidential Office with the TV Perú team and tells the journalist that he was going to prepare a decree to translate the message announcements.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
AFTER THE COUP
1. 11:56
Willy Huerta calls General Manuel Lozada to reinforce the security of the house of the parents of the president, Chávez and Torres.
11:59
Minister Alejandro Salas (Labor), until then one of Pedro Castillo’s main squires, is the first member of the cabinet to announce his resignation via Twitter. He would be followed by the rest in the next hour.
12:01
Huerta calls the head of the PNP, who hands the phone to Castillo. He gives the order to close Congress, arrest the Attorney General, and reiterates the request for protection of the home of his parents, Chávez and Torres.
12:06
Minister César Landa (Foreign Relations) announces his resignation
12:07
Minister Kurt Burneo (Economy) announces his resignation
12:11
Minister Félix Chero (Justice) announces his resignation.
7. 12:24
Minister Richard Tineo (Transport) announces his resignation
12:28
During an institutional speech, the Attorney General speaks out against the breakdown of the constitutional order
9. 12:29
Minister Wilber Rozas (Environment) announces his resignation
12:34
Minister Roberto Sánchez leaves the presidential office
12:36
Minister Heidy Juárez (Woman) announces her resignation.
12:38
The State Attorney General’s Office announces a criminal complaint against Pedro Castillo for the coup
12:43
Minister Silvana Robles (Culture) announces her resignation.
12:44
Minister Roberto Sánchez (Foreign Trade) announces his resignation
15. 12:50
Willy Huerta leaves the Government Palace. He is followed by Minister Gustavo Bobbio shortly after.
13:00
The president of the Judiciary, Elvia Barrios, speaks out against the coup.
13:05
The president of the Constitutional Court, Francisco Morales Saravia, speaks out against the coup.
13:10
Vice President Dina Boluarte speaks out against the coup
13:11
Congress begins the plenary session to vote on the vacancy of Pedro Castillo
13:27
The Police and the Armed Forces. They demonstrate in rejection of the coup (time of publication of their statement on Twitter)
13:20
Pedro Castillo and his family, accompanied by Aníbal Torres, leave the Government Palace towards the Mexican embassy.
22. 13:34
After presenting her resignation, Betssy Chávez boards a vehicle to also go to the Mexican embassy.
23. 13:42
The Police intervene and arrest Pedro Castillo in flagrante delicto in block 14 of Garcilaso Avenue.
13:47
Pedro Castillo is transferred to the Lima Prefecture. Aníbal Torres assumes his legal defense.
13:48
Betssy Chávez, who was on Brasil Avenue, begins her return to the Government Palace
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
From the Palace to the Diroes (these milestones emerge from broadcasts and journalistic coverage of that day)
1. 13:49
Congress finishes voting on Pedro Castillo’s vacancy
14:12
Board of Supreme Prosecutors publishes video where it announces that it will take “the corresponding legal actions” against the coup.
14:13
The National Prosecutor arrives at the prefecture to begin proceedings with the detained Pedro Castillo. That same day, he requests his preliminary arrest.
15:53
Dina Boluarte is sworn in as president of the Republic
20:55
Handcuffed, Pedro Castillo leaves the prefecture to be transferred to Diroes to serve his detention.
21:00
Patricia Benavides and other prosecutors arrive at the Government Palace to gather information about the coup d’état.
22:00
Pedro Castillo arrives at Diroes, a police headquarters next to the Barbadillo prison, where he would later serve preventive detention. There he remains imprisoned to this day.
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