The new Peruvian government allowed Betssy Chavez to leave on a Mexican Air Force plane.
On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the restoration of diplomatic relations with Peru, which had been severed in November 2025, following the granting of safe passage to former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez.
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The new Peruvian government, headed by President Keiko Fujimori, allowed Chavez to leave on a Mexican Air Force plane, an action described by Sheinbaum as a gesture of goodwill.
Chavez served as Prime Minister during the administration of former President Pedro Castillo (2021-2022). She had been residing in the Mexican Embassy in Lima since November 2025, after receiving diplomatic asylum.
The former prime minister was sentenced to 11 years and five months in prison as an accomplice in a “conspiracy” to commit rebellion. Sheinbaum clarified that, despite the rapprochement, Mexico will maintain its support for Castillo, convicted of a “coup attempt.”
Claudia Sheinbaum sobre salvoconducto para Betssy Chávez: Es una acción de buena voluntad del gobierno de la presidenta Keiko Fujimori hacia México y con esto se reestablecen las relaciones con Perú
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The text reads, “Claudia Sheinbaum on safe-conduct for Betssy Chavez: It is an act of goodwill from the government of President Keiko Fujimori toward Mexico and with this, relations with Peru are reestablished.”
The safe passage was granted in compliance with the Caracas Convention on diplomatic asylum, although Peru emphasized that it does not recognize Chavez as a political refugee and denied the existence of persecution in the country.
The Peruvian Foreign Ministry announced that it will promote a review of international treaties on asylum before the Organization of American States (OAS), seeking to adjust their application in similar cases.
Tensions between Mexico and Peru began in December 2022, when then-Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador questioned the legitimacy of Castillo’s successor, Dina Boluarte.
Then, Lima expelled the Mexican ambassador and withdrew its own ambassador from Mexico, leaving relations in the hands of chargés d’affaires until the complete break in relations in November 2025.
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