Overview
- Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela announced the rupture after saying Chavez was being granted asylum at the Mexican ambassador’s residence in Lima.
- Peru reported receiving no official communication from Mexico regarding Chavez’s situation, and Mexican authorities offered no immediate comment.
- Lima said consular services for Peruvian nationals in Mexico will continue despite the break in diplomatic relations.
- Chavez is on trial over the 2022 attempt to dissolve Congress and remains free on bail, with prosecutors seeking up to 25 years in prison.
- Prosecutors are seeking a 34-year sentence for former president Pedro Castillo, and ties had already deteriorated after Mexico sheltered his family and Peru expelled Mexico’s ambassador in 2022.