US EditionPeru Breaks Diplomatic Relations with Mexico over Asylum Claim of Former Prime Minister
Peru cut ties with Mexico after it granted asylum to Betssy Chavez, accused in a 2022 coup attempt, amid claims of Mexican interference in Peru's internal politics.
- Peru has broken off diplomatic relations with Mexico after it granted asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister facing charges for a 2022 coup attempt.
- Peru accused Mexico of "repeated instances in which the current and former presidents of that country have interfered in Peru's internal affairs".
- Peru's decision to sever diplomatic ties with Mexico adds to ongoing tensions between the two governments since the ousting of former president Pedro Castillo.
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Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum to former PM
Peru announced on Monday that it was officially severing all diplomatic ties with Mexico following the asylum granted by the mission in Lima to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez. "The Peruvian government has decided today to break diplomatic relations with Mexico," Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela stressed.
The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE, Foreign Ministry) lamented and rejected on Monday Peru's "unilateral decision" to break diplomatic relations as a response to a legitimate act attached to international law, reports EFE. The Mexican Government's response came after the Peruvian Government announced on Monday that it decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico following the asylum granted to Betssy Cháv…
The Government of Peru announced this Monday that it decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico following the asylum granted to Betssy Chávez, former prime minister of leftist Pedro Castillo (2021-2022), who was tried with him for the failed attempted coup d'état of the end of 2022."The Peruvian government has decided to break diplomatic relations with Mexico," Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela reported at a press conference. Shortly…
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Betssy Chávez is being prosecuted by the Peruvian Justice for her alleged participation in the failed coup attempt given on December 7, 2022 by then President Leer
Mexico and Peru have long been in a tense relationship. Now the Lima government announces diplomatic relations. The trigger is a Mexican asylum procedure for former Peruvian Prime Minister Chávez.
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