The Prosecutor's Office of Peru detains Pedro Castillo after being dismissed by Congress

The Prosecutor's Office arrested this Wednesday the ousted president of Peru Pedro Castillo at the headquarters of the Lima Prefecture, where he went with his family and former Prime Minister Aníbal Torres after announcing that he was dissolving Congress, decreeing an emergency government and called new legislative elections.

The National Police of Peru has published on its Twitter profile a photograph of Castillo detained in which it has highlighted that in compliance with its powers described in the police code they have carried out this arrest.

Shortly after announcing his intentions, the Prosecutor's Office announced legal measures against Castillo for having broken the constitutional order, and his main officer, Patricia Benavides, reminded him that "no authority can place itself above the Constitution" and that "it must comply with its constitutional mandates".

Castillo's arrest comes shortly after the Peruvian Congress in extraordinary session carried out the third motion of censure against him for moral incapacity, successfully managing to remove him on this occasion. The vote ended with 101 votes in favor, six against and ten abstentions.

After her dismissal, the until now vice president, Dilma Boluarte, will assume the reins, thus becoming the first president in the country's history. "I reject Pedro Castillo's decision to break the constitutional order by closing Congress. It is a coup that aggravates the political and institutional crisis," she said.

Together with her, various cabinet ministers have rushed to reject Castillo's maneuver of wanting to close Congress, and have agreed with Boluarte that it is a "coup d'état."

The most prompt presenting their "irrevocable" resignations have been the Ministers of Labor, Alejandro Salas; that of Foreign Affairs, César Landa -- who has accused Castillo of "violating" the Constitution; as well as those of Economy, Kurt Burneo; of Education, Rosendo Serna; and Justice, Felix Chero, one of the most loyal members of his cabinet until now.