Overview
- Peru has postponed a decision on Mexico’s request for a safe‑conduct pass for Betssy Chávez in order to consult OAS member states, the foreign minister said in a CNN interview.
- Hugo de Zela said consultations are underway and that he plans to travel to Washington in early December to present Peru’s proposal with urgency.
- Lima will push to modify the Caracas Convention so granting states obtain official judicial information from the country of origin before awarding diplomatic asylum or issuing a salvoconducto.
- Betssy Chávez remains in Mexico’s embassy in Lima under diplomatic asylum, cannot depart without a safe‑conduct, and faces rebellion and conspiracy charges as prosecutors seek preventive detention and a lengthy prison term.
- The government ruled out any forced entry into the Mexican embassy, and the standoff follows Peru’s break in relations with Mexico and Congress’s declaration of President Claudia Sheinbaum as persona non grata.