Peru breaks diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum claim of former MP

Peru's authorities has announced that the state is severing diplomatic relations with Mexico implicit the asylum assertion of erstwhile Peruvian Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who is nether probe for rebellion.

Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told reporters connected Monday (November 3, 2025) that Mexico's determination to assistance Chavez asylum astatine its Embassy successful Peru's capital, Lima, constituted an “unfriendly act” that adds to the existing tensions betwixt the 2 countries.

The bureau of Peru President Jose Jerí successful a connection past accused Mexico's authorities of “repeated” interference with the interior affairs of the South American country.

Authorities person accused Chavez of participating successful the 2022 failed effort by then-president Pedro Castillo to state a authorities of exigency and dissolve Peru's Parliament arsenic legislators prepared an impeachment ballot against him.

Castillo failed to get the military's enactment for his move, was swiftly deposed by Congress and past arrested aft prosecutors accused him of trying to beforehand a coup.

The Peruvian Attorney General's Office has accused Chavez of being an accomplice successful the transgression of rebellion against the powers of the state. It is seeking a condemnation of up to 25 years successful situation for Chavez, who served arsenic Castillo's premier minister.

“Today we learned with astonishment and heavy regret that erstwhile premier curate Betssy Chávez, the alleged co-author of the coup d'etat attempted by erstwhile president Pedro Castillo, is being granted asylum astatine the residence of the Mexican Embassy successful Peru,” de Zela told reporters.

Castillo's woman and children are presently successful Mexico, wherever authorities person expressed sympathy for the erstwhile Peruvian president, who came to powerfulness connected a leftist level and was ousted by Parliament aft announcing its dissolution successful December 2022.

Mexico's authorities did not instantly remark connected Peru's decision.