The same day that a Supreme Judge of Peru issued a national and international arrest warrant against Betssy Chávez, the government of said country reported that it will respect the diplomatic immunity of the former Prime Minister.
Mexico City, November 22 (However).- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) reported on Friday that the government of Peru confirmed that will respect diplomatic immunities of Mexico in its territory, including the inviolability of its properties in Limawithin which is the official residence, as well as its assets and files.
According to an informative note published on the website of the Mexican Foreign Ministry, the ratification was made by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairsin accordance with the Vienna conventions on Diplomatic Relations and on Consular Relations of 1961 and 1963, respectively.
The SRE reiterated the request for safe passage in favor of the former Prime Minister of Peru during the government of former President Pedro Chávez, Betssy Chávez, who enjoys the status of political asylum, in order to be transferred to Mexico, in accordance with the Convention on Diplomatic Asylum of 1954 (Caracas Convention).
The information from the diplomatic authorities was released the same day that the Supreme Judge of Peru, Juan Carlos Checkley, issued a national and international arrest warrant and preventive detention measure against Betssy Chávez, accused of attempted coup d’état and currently taking refuge in the Mexican Embassy of the Andean country.
“It is resolved to issue preventive detention for a period of five months against the accused Betssy Chávez Chino and to locate and capture the accused at a national and international level,” indicated the Judge’s resolution.
Checkley accepted the request of the Prosecutor’s Office to modify the appearance with restrictions that Chávez enjoyed for preventive detention after failing to comply with the rules of conduct to which she was subject in freedom and to seek asylum in the Mexican Embassy.
The President of Peru, José Jerí, confirmed on November 8 that former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez “will not be able to travel to Mexico” until her government makes a decision about her situation, after the Government of President Claudia Sheinbaum offered her political asylum at the residence of the Mexican Embassy in Peru.
For its part, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry announced that it will appeal to the Organization of American States (OAS) to modify the 1954 Caracas Convention, since said body considers that the right to asylum has been distorted, while José Jerí said that he coordinated the terms of that announcement with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hugo de Zela, and that the decision is not to rule “yet on the issue of safe conduct.”