Overview
- Police reinforced the operation from the early hours of December 25, citing the risk that holiday activity could be used to attempt a clandestine exit.
- Roughly 25 officers guard the residence in San Isidro, with about 36 personnel stationed at strategic points across Lima to close any possibility of flight.
- Authorities say they will not enter the embassy and note that diplomatic vehicles cannot be stopped except in extreme emergencies involving life or health.
- Chávez was sentenced in late November to 11 years and five months for conspiracy to rebellion and remains without the salvoconducto required to leave Peru.
- Peru maintains a rupture in relations with Mexico and is urging the OAS to tighten asylum rules, while Chávez resigned from her party as her mother launched a Senate bid.