Peru: Police Open Investigation into Communist Presidential Frontrunner
17 May 2021
Police in Peru opened a “preliminary” police investigation against presidential election frontrunner Pedro Castillo, a far-leftist, this weekend in response to accusations that he lied about holding a second job when filing paperwork to run for office.
The probe into “false declarations in administrative procedure” and “ideological falsehood” occur as Castillo, who handily won the first round of elections leading into the June 6 runoff vote, saw his lead against rival Keiko Fujimori slip into margin-of-error territory last week. Fujimori is a staunch conservative making her third appearance in a presidential runoff and was arrested in 2018 on charges of corruption.