Diplomatic relations between Peru and Mexico They remain tense after the Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaumhe will publish a photo of his meeting with the Argentine lawyer Guido Croxatto, defender of the ex -president coupist Pedro Castillo.
“I received Guido Croxatto, who heads in Peru the fair cause of the defense of Pedro Castillo. Justice, democracy and respect for human rights must prevail,” the president wrote in her X account.
This position is not new in the Mexican government and began with former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The ‘Peje’ was the architect of the deterioration of the relationship between Mexico and Peru.
Before the ‘Fourth Transformation’, as AMLO called their government, Peru and Mexico maintained a solid diplomatic and commercial relationship. Both countries are founders of the successful Pacific Alliance and shared the same political and economic vision, despite the various governments that assumed in the states. The two countries are also members of APEC and together with Chile they are the only three Latin American countries that make up this important forum.
The apple of discord
Everything changed on December 7, 2022, when the then President Pedro Castillo, perpetrated the coup attempt by announcing the unconstitutional closure of Congress, the intervention to the Judiciary and the establishment of an exceptional government.
After reading the coup message, Castillo, his wife and his children fled as a government palace to the Mexico Embassy, where they would be assailant. However, the former Chief of Estdo was arrested for his escort before arriving.
The next day, the then Mexican head of state, López Obrador, confirmed that Castillo called him to inform him that he was going to the diplomatic headquarters to seek refuge and explained that the government ordered its ambassador to our country to open the door when it arrives.
That would not be the last time that AMLO would use their country’s embassies to give refuge to people persecuted by justice. In December 2023 he gave asylum to former Ecuadorian vice president sentenced for corruption, Jorge Glas, which also generated a diplomatic conflict with Ecuador.
Repeated interference
Since December 7, 2022, López Obrador constantly made comments on the political situation of Peru and expressed his support for the former president. He even granted asylum to the former lady Lilia Paredes and her children, who are in Mexico since December 21 of that year.
“We do not accept all the farce that has meant the dismissal of President Pedro Castillo because the will of the people of Peru was not respected. Democracy was trampled and a great injustice was committed by dismissing and imprisoning him, and then de facto establishing an authoritarian government government And repressor, “said AMLO.
The denial of recognizing the Peruvian constitutional government led to the Mexican president blocking the transfer of the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Pacific Alliance, which was responsible for receiving Peru. This measure harmed the normal functioning of the international organism. The ‘Peje’ described the government of Boluarte as “spurious” in February 2023.
The Peruvian head of state reproached the constant interference and announced the breakdown of diplomatic relations with Mexico on February 25, 2023.
“Mr. López has decided to support the coup d’etat that the now former president Pedro Castillo gave on December 7, 2022, the same one that generated the unanimous rejection of the institutions that make up the democratic order in Peru and the decision of the Congress of the Congress of the Congress of the Congress of the Republic to vacate it (dismiss it) in office with the vote of 101 of its 130 parliamentarians, “said Boluarte
In June 2023, the member countries of the Pacific Alliance agreed that the Pro Tepore Presidency of the Pacific Alliance is delivered to Chile and, subsequently, to Peru.
Visa imposition to Peruvians
Another diplomatic impasse occurred in April 2024, when the Mexican government untimely impose a visa requirement on Peruvian citizens. The Mexican government announced that the measure is due to “a substantial increase in Peruvian national visitor”.
Given this, under the principle of reciprocity, the Peruvian government announced that Mexican citizens who want to travel to Peru would also impose, except for those who “have the Schengen Visa, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia and Japan and Japan and for those who have permanent residence in the countries concerned and in the members of the Pacific Alliance. “
They do not invite Boluarte
The López Obrador government came to an end on October 1, 2024. However, his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, made it clear that he would maintain his mentor’s foreign policy.
The first sample that the tensions between Mexico and Peru would remain was to leave Dina Boluarte out of the guest list to Sheinbaum’s sworn.
“Invitations have been practically being sent to everyone. Obviously Ecuador and Peru, well, right? Because we agree with the policy that has been had, “said the then elected president.
However, who were invited to be Lilia Paredes, wife of the coupist Pedro Castillo, which made it clear that the position of the new government would be that of sympathy for the Peruvian ex -president.
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