This Friday, however, a Peruvian judge ordered the preventive detention of Chávez and issued a national and international arrest warrant against him, which complicates the possible granting of safe passage and increases tension between Peru and Mexico.
The diplomatic crisis between both countries intensified after, in November 2025, Mexico granted asylum to the former official.
The government of President José Jerí responded by breaking diplomatic relations with Mexico, considering the decision as an act of interference.
Chávez, who had been detained in June 2023 and later released by ruling by the Constitutional Court, received political asylum from Mexico since the beginning of November.
Despite the political rupture, Peru’s decision to respect the immunity and inviolability of Mexican facilities would avoid coercive measures, such as an eventual forcible entry into diplomatic properties, actions that would put the safety of personnel at risk and violate international obligations established in the Vienna Convention.
In the midst of tensions, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, warned that he will withdraw the Colombian diplomatic mission if Peru attacks the residence of the Mexican embassy in Lima.
