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From President to prisoner - the rapid descent of Peru's Pedro Castillo

Peru's Pedro Castillo gambled away power in one breathtaking day
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo at a press conference for foreign journalists in Lima on Oct. 11.

LIMA, Peru — Perhaps the most telling detail of Pedro Castillo's botched coup attempt this week was the fact that the high-stakes gamble may have been completely unnecessary.

The now former president of Peru made his power grab during an abrupt to the nation on Wednesday morning in which he announced that he was shuttering Congress, "reorganizing" the judiciary and would rule

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