He Judiciarythrough the Tenth Specialized Constitutional Court of the Superior Court of Justice, admitted for processing the habeas corpus request that requests the immediate granting of safe conduct to the former minister Betssy Chavezso that you can travel to Mexico and continue with diplomatic asylum. Chávez has been holed up in the Mexican Embassy since last November 3 despite being sentenced for the attempted coup d’état in 2022.
The appeal, filed by the citizen Ruben Serpa Valdezalso requests that the certain, real and serious threat of affecting the inviolability of the diplomatic headquarters be declared and that it be provided that no authority—including the president of the republicto the PNPhe Public Ministry either Judiciary— may enter by force, search, raid or intervene in the Mexican Embassy.
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Likewise, the measure also requires that the Executive already National Police that they refrain from any material act of entry, capture or intervention within the Mexican residence. In addition, it was requested that urgent protection and precautionary measures be issued to guarantee the premises, as well as the abstention of acts of harassment.
It is necessary to highlight that the habeas corpus claim was presented by the citizen against the president José Jeríthe Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM), the Chancellery, the Public Ministry and the Judiciary. Meanwhile, the appeal also states to the Mexican Embassy as a beneficiary.
Resolution of the Judiciary on admitting the habeas corpus claim for processing.
The reasons for habeas corpus
According to the judicial resolution, the claim of the plaintiff citizen is based on the fact that, allegedly, President Jerí “had publicly expressed the possibility of entering by public force the Embassy of Mexico, headquarters in Lima, within the framework of compliance with a judicial order of preventive detention.” Betssy Chavez.
In this sense, the plaintiff indicated that these statements would constitute a “real, certain and imminent threat”, which would disregard the Vienna Convention.
Likewise, it was mentioned that any forced entry into a foreign embassy would be an incorrect execution of a judicial order that would constitute an “international violation that may generate State responsibility.”
In that context, the Judiciary It was resolved that the complaint be transferred to the PCM Attorney General’s Office, the Chancellery, the Public Ministry and the Judiciary so that, within a period of three days, they can present their defenses.
Government responds to Betssy Chávez
Through a statement, the Government spoke out against the dissemination of videos and messages that would have been spread Betssy Chavez on their social networks. In that sense, the Executive expressed its “displeasure” to the Mexican authorities for such actions, “under the provisions of Article XVIII of the Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum“.
“The Peruvian government has received confirmation that the messages and recordings have been removed from social networks, as well as that these situations will not be repeated in the future,” the Executive communicated.
