Peru's interim government under José María Balcázar repeatedly rejected multiple formal pardon requests for former president Pedro Castillo in 2026, including the seventh submission evaluated by the Comisión de Gracias Presidenciales in July. The Ministry of Justice declared all filings inadmissible for failing regulatory requirements, such as pending corruption cases alongside the confirmed 11-year sentence for conspiracy tied to the 2022 self-coup attempt. Official statements clarified that clemency was never on the agenda despite earlier campaign signals from Peru Libre allies, and courts upheld extended pretrial detention into 2027 while dismissing related habeas corpus claims. A non-binding UN working group opinion on arbitrary detention has not altered domestic proceedings or prompted executive action. These confirmed procedural and political barriers sustain the strong trader consensus against any 2026 pardon.