Overview
- Peru’s Congress voted 63–34 to declare President Claudia Sheinbaum persona non grata, effectively barring her entry.
- Peru cut diplomatic relations with Mexico earlier in the week, and Betssy Chávez remains in Mexico’s diplomatic residence in Lima without authorized safe passage.
- Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela said legal experts are urgently reviewing the 1954 Caracas Convention, with a decision expected by the end of the week.
- Prosecutors are seeking up to 25 years in prison for Chávez over her alleged role in Pedro Castillo’s 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress, accusations she denies.
- Mexico argues its asylum decision complies with international law and calls Peru’s rupture disproportionate, while Peruvian officials work to limit economic fallout given strong trade ties.