Peru’s Attorney General Zoraida Avalos announced on Jan. 4 the opening of an investigation into President Pedro Castillo for influence peddling and collusion with companies over government contracts. This comes as the latest in a series of corruption charges and government push back to hit Castillo’s administration since he took office on July 28 of last year. Last August, Prime Minister Guido Bellido and the leader of Castillo’s socialist Peru Libre party, Vladimir Cerron, were indicted along with 15 others for money laundering. During an investigation of former minister of defense Walter Ayala and former secretary general of the presidential office Bruno Pacheco, Avalos summoned Castillo to give a statement regarding any involvement in the alleged abuse of authority and illegal patronage on Dec. 14. Later that month, Castillo faced impeachment by congress on grounds of “permanent moral incapacity.” The measure failed to pass, securing only 46 of the 52 required votes to remove …