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Peru Delays Safe-Conduct for Betssy Chávez, Takes Asylum Dispute to OAS

Foreign minister Hugo de Zela plans an early‑December trip to Washington to present a proposal to reform diplomatic‑asylum rules.

Overview

  • Chávez remains inside Mexico’s embassy in Lima under diplomatic asylum and cannot travel until Peru rules on the safe‑conduct request.
  • Lima says recent practice has distorted the 1954 Caracas Convention by treating criminal cases as political persecution and will seek changes to clarify the safe‑conduct process.
  • De Zela says consultations with OAS members are underway and he will ask that the proposal be handled with urgency.
  • Authorities have ruled out any attempt to enter the Mexican embassy by force to detain Chávez.
  • Peru’s prosecutors have requested preventive detention in her rebellion and conspiracy case, and Congress is scheduled to debate a report recommending a 10‑year disqualification on Wednesday.