Overview

• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met Pedro Castillo’s lawyer, Guido Croxatto, at Palacio Nacional and voiced solidarity with the former Peruvian leader.
• Sheinbaum described Castillo as unjustly imprisoned and urged the United Nations to act decisively to defend human rights in the case.
• Peru’s foreign ministry issued an official communiqué rejecting the characterization, stating Castillo is not a political prisoner and denouncing interference.
• The Peruvian statement called Castillo’s 2022 move a failed coup, cited due process under domestic law, and referenced a December 8, 2022 UN message condemning efforts to subvert Peru’s democratic order.
• Castillo remains jailed in Barbadillo as his trial proceeds on multiple charges that could total up to 34 years in prison with civil reparations reported at 65 million soles, and no new diplomatic expulsions or sanctions have been announced.