Peru's interim government under José María Balcázar repeatedly rejected multiple pardon requests for former president Pedro Castillo in 2026, with the Presidential Pardons Commission declaring them inadmissible due to procedural failures and unmet regulatory requirements. Castillo serves an 11-year sentence for conspiracy related to his December 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress, alongside extended pretrial detention until March 2027 in separate corruption investigations involving Petroperú and other cases. Official statements from the Ministry of Justice emphasized that no clemency would be granted while proceedings remain active. These confirmed actions, combined with the transitional administration's focus on institutional stability ahead of elections, have shaped trader consensus that a pardon remains unlikely through the end of 2026.