▲ The expelled Mexican ambassador to Peru, Pablo Monroy, stated that he returns to the country very calm, satisfied with the duty fulfilled and happy to be home.Photo Roberto Garcia Ortiz
Cesar Arellano Garcia and Arturo Sanchez Jimenez
Newspaper La Jornada
Friday December 23, 2022, p. 3
After arriving in Mexico after being expelled from Peru, Ambassador Pablo Monroy Conesa pointed out that he feels proud and satisfied with the duty he has fulfilled as head of the diplomatic delegation. I return as a citizen and proud of my country for having served and representing all the countrymen and being able to protect and assist them. I want to thank you for the messages of solidarity and affection. All the messages from the president (Andrés Manuel López Obrador), from the foreign minister (Marcelo) Ebrard and my colleagues
.
He explained that the trip was very good and that he is very calm and satisfied with the duty accomplished and happy to be home
.
In an interview upon arrival at Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) on commercial flight AM47, he said that Peru It’s a wonderful country, I’m sure they’ll pull through
and added that he has not yet communicated with President López Obrador.
Before his return trip to Mexico, the ambassador published a message in which he said goodbye and expressed his solidarity with the people of Peru.
A supportive hug, with affection and full of gratitude, dear Peru. Until we meet again
wrote the diplomat who was declared persona non grata on Tuesday by the Peruvian government, which gave him 72 hours to leave the country, a deadline that expired this Thursday.
The plane that transported the Mexican diplomat landed at 10:20 p.m., after a six-hour flight that took off from the Ignacio Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru.
Just at dawn on Wednesday, the Mexican diplomat assisted Lilia Paredes and the minors Arnoldo and Alondra, wife and children of ousted President Pedro Castillo, protected by the figure of political asylum, in the international departures area of the Lima airport.
Monroy Conesa left the Mexican embassy this Thursday afternoon, after days before he had been declared persona non grata by the government of the new Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte, who gave him 72 hours to leave Lima for a interference
in the internal affairs of the country, in an escalation of the diplomatic crisis between Peru and Mexico.
