Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum met Pedro Castillo’s lawyer, Guido Croxatto, at Palacio Nacional and called the ex-Peruvian leader unjustly imprisoned.
• Sheinbaum urged the United Nations to act decisively on the case, framing it as a matter of human rights and political persecution in the region.
• Peru’s Foreign Ministry formally rejected her remarks, calling them ideologized, invoking non-intervention principles, and stating Castillo is not a political persecuted person.
• The Peruvian statement cited Castillo’s December 7, 2022 move to dissolve Congress as a failed coup and referenced a UN chief’s communiqué condemning efforts to subvert Peru’s democratic order.
• Castillo remains held at Lima’s Barbadillo prison on rebellion and related charges, as Mexico’s engagement with his defense has continued with repeated contacts this year.