The president José Jerí ordered the expulsion of the person in charge of the Mexican embassy in Peru, Karla Tatiana Ornelas Loera, after political asylum to the former prime minister of Pedro Castillo, Betssy Chavez. The measure was known through social networks after Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela announced the breaking of diplomatic relations with the president’s country. Claudia Sheinbaum.
“Respect for our country! On the occasion of the rupture of diplomatic relations, the person in charge of the Mexican embassy in Peru, Karla Ornelas, was informed today by the chancellor that she has a deadline to leave our country,” the post reads.
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De Zela informed the press that he learned that Chávez He had requested political asylum and was at the embassy. It should be remembered that the former minister is being prosecuted for the crimes of rebellion and conspiracy due to her participation in the events of December 7, 2022, when the then president Pedro Castillo tried to dissolve the Congress.
According to the chancellor, the measure adopted by Mexico constitutes “a violation of the principle of non-intervention recognized by International Law.”
Although diplomatic relations were broken, the chancellor specified that the consular offices of both countries will continue to function normally to serve Peruvian citizens in Mexico and Mexicans in Peru.
Betssy Chávez, who was Minister of Labor and then president of the Council of Ministers during the government of Castlefaces a trial that takes place in the hearing room of the Barbadillo Prison.
The Prosecutor’s Office requests a sentence of up to twenty-five years in prison for his alleged involvement in the attempted coup d’état. In recent months, the former prime minister was absent from several court hearings, one of them with a medical certificate whose authenticity was questioned by the magistrates.
As a result of this incident, his lawyer, Raúl Noblecilla, He was expelled from the process and sanctioned with two months of professional suspension for presenting inconsistent documentation and maintaining conduct considered dilatory.
The court also warned that, if the absences persist, Chavez could be declared a contumacious offender. It is important to highlight that there were already diplomatic confrontations between Mexico and Peru when Pedro Castillo’s wife and children were granted asylum after his dismissal.
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Bettsy Chávez’s lawyer: “She doesn’t answer the phone”
Betssy Chávez’s lawyer, Raúl Noblecilla, He stated that he was not aware of a request for political asylum by his client or that he was in the embassy of Mexico. He noted that he learned of the news through the media and that for several days he has not been able to communicate with the former prime minister, who does not respond to his calls, so he does not know her whereabouts.
“I have tried (to communicate with her), of course, and her phone is either broken or out of service or turned off, but we have not been able to have communication. And not now, I have already called her, as Dr. Romero also said, Dr. Barranzuela has also called him, but unfortunately we have not been lucky (with a response),” he declared for La República.
