Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima 'persona non grata' and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, Peru's foreign minister announced, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two nations after Peru ousted Pedro Castillo as president.
Police stand guard as a vehicle leaves the residence of Mexico's ambassador, after Peru declared Mexico's top diplomat to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two nations after Peru ousted Pedro Castillo as president, in Lima, Peru December 20, 2022.
Peru's foreign ministry posted on social media that the ejection of Mexican Ambassador Pablo Monroy was due to "repeated statements from the highest authorities of that country regarding the political situation in Peru," a thinly veiled reference to the support Mexico's president has offered fellow leftist Castillo since his ouster by an overwhelming vote of lawmakers and his subsequent arrest.
Ana Cecilia Gervasi, Peru's foreign minister, announced later on Tuesday that safe passage for Castillo's wife and the couple's two children had been formally approved.Neither Mexican nor Peruvian officials offered a timeline for when Lilia Paredes, Castillo's wife, or their children, will travel to Mexico.
Separately on Tuesday, a key first step in Boluarte's push for early elections was approved by lawmakers, with 93 in favor and only 30 opposed. The proposal would bring elections forward to April 2024, two years ahead of elections currently scheduled for 2026. "Mexico is sheltering the corrupt," Peruvian opposition legislator Maria del Carmen Alva told journalists on Tuesday.
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