Mexico Grants Asylum To Family Of Former Peruvian President Castillo
Date
12/21/2022 12:10:02 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The Mexican government granted asylum to the family of former
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo because they requested it from
inside the Mexican Embassy in Lima, Peru, Mexican Foreign Minister
Marcelo Ebrard announced Tuesday, trend reports citing xinhua .
The official explained during President Andres Manuel Lopez
Obrador's daily press conference that when asylum seekers are in
one of Mexico's embassies, 'we grant them asylum,' because 'it is
Mexico's independent and sovereign decision.'
Ebrard added that after granting asylum, Mexico will negotiate
with Peruvian authorities the family's safe conduct so that they
can leave Peru for Mexico if they wish to do so, stressing that
'they are in Mexican territory since it is our embassy.'
Asylum for Castillo's wife and children was approved by the
Peruvian Foreign Ministry on Monday, but no approval was granted
for the former president, who has been imprisoned since Dec. 7.
Castillo dissolved Congress on that day, which was followed by
the legislative body impeaching him and swearing in vice president
Dina Boluarte as the country's new president.
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