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Peru’s Congress Declares Mexico’s President Persona Non Grata Over Asylum for Betssy Chávez

Peru’s executive conducts a legal review on a safe-conduct for Chávez under the Caracas Convention.

Overview

  • The plenary approved the motion with 63 votes in favor, 34 against and two abstentions, citing unacceptable interference in Peru’s internal affairs.
  • Mexico’s Foreign Ministry rejected the designation as based on false claims and asserted the asylum complies with binding international law.
  • Betssy Chávez remains at the Mexican embassy residence in Lima as authorities evaluate whether to issue a salvoconducto for her departure.
  • Lima has severed diplomatic relations and ordered the Mexican chargé d’affaires to leave, while both governments signal efforts to maintain consular and trade functions.
  • Prosecutors seek roughly 25 years in prison for Chávez over the 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress, and she has designated Raúl Noblecilla as her sole defense attorney.