Peru's Top Court Halts All Criminal Probes Against President Boluarte
The country's Constitutional Tribunal said Tuesday that it had sided with President Dina Boluarte — who is facing multiple criminal investigations ranging from illegal enrichment to abandonment of her post to homicide — and ruled those probes should be paused until she leaves office.
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