Peru cuts ties with Mexico over asylum for ex-prime minister

Move comes aft Betssy Chavez, who is connected proceedings connected coup charges, fled to the Mexican Embassy successful Peru.

Peru has severed diplomatic relations with Mexico aft accusing it of granting asylum to a erstwhile Peruvian premier curate who is connected proceedings implicit an alleged coup effort successful 2022.

The announcement connected Monday came hours aft erstwhile Prime Minister Betssy Chavez – who served nether erstwhile President Pedro Castillo – fled to the Mexican Embassy successful Peru.

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“Today we learned with astonishment and heavy regret that Betssy Chavez, the alleged co-author of the coup effort by erstwhile President Pedro Castillo, is being granted asylum astatine the Mexican Embassy residence successful Peru,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo de Zela told a quality conference.

“Given this unfriendly act, and considering the repeated instances successful which the existent and erstwhile presidents of that state person interfered successful Peru’s interior affairs, the Peruvian authorities has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico today,” helium added.

There was nary contiguous remark from Mexico.

Chavez’s lawyer, Raul Noblecilla, told section vigor presumption RPP that helium had not heard from his lawsuit successful respective days and was unaware of whether she had requested asylum.

Chavez, who served successful Castillo’s furniture arsenic Minister of Culture, was appointed arsenic premier curate successful November 2022 amid a months-long standoff betwixt the president and the Congress.

Castillo – a erstwhile agrarian schoolteacher and commercialized unionist, dubbed Peru’s “first mediocre president” – was impeached by lawmakers the pursuing period erstwhile helium attempted to dissolve the Congress.

Relations betwixt Lima and Mexico deteriorated sharply afterwards.

Following his impeachment, Castillo was connected his mode to the Mexican embassy successful Lima to petition asylum erstwhile helium was arrested and charged with rebellion and maltreatment of authority.

Chavez was charged alongside him.

In December 2022, Peru expelled Mexico’s ambassador aft Mexico granted asylum to Castillo’s woman and children.

Castillo’s successor, then-President Dina Boluarte, besides temporarily recalled Peru’s ambassador to Mexico City successful February 2023, accusing then-left-wing president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of meddling successful her country’s affairs for expressing enactment for Castillo.

The erstwhile president and Chavez went connected proceedings successful March of this year.

While Castillo has been successful preventive custody since his impeachment, Chavez was released connected bail successful September.

Prosecutors had sought a 25-year word for Chavez for allegedly participating successful Castillo’s program to dissolve Congress.

They person sought a 34-year condemnation for Castillo.

The brace has denied the charges.