Pedro Castillo, the deposed former president of Peru and remanded in custody, has made an official request for asylum in Mexico, which is consulting the Peruvian government, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced on Thursday (December 8th).
Prosecuted for “rebellion” and “conspiracy”, Mr. Castillo transmitted his request to the Mexican embassy in Lima on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, said Mr. Ebrard by reproducing on Twitter the letter from the lawyer of the former president. Me Victor Perez claims that the ex-president is the victim of a “unfounded persecution of organs of justice which have taken on a political character”.
Mexico then began “consultations before the Peruvian authorities”, according to Mr. Ebrard. Mexico’s ambassador to Lima, Pablo Monroy, was able to speak with Pedro Castillo from his place of detention at a police base in Lima, the minister added. “He found him physically well and in the company of his lawyer. »
Seven days of pre-trial detention
Earlier in the morning, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Pedro Castillo had called him to seek asylum in Mexico. The Mexican president (nationalist left) believes that Mr. Castillo was the victim of “economic and political elites” from Peru. Mexico will wait ” A few days “ before recognizing the new president Dina Boluarte, invested on Wednesday.
Peruvian justice ordered Thursday seven days of pretrial detention against Pedro Castillo. He was dismissed on Wednesday by a vote of Parliament, the dissolution of which he had just announced, a maneuver immediately qualified as attempts to ” Rebellion “ by many personalities.
The rebellion and conspiracy prosecutions are in addition to the six other investigations for corruption or influence peddling targeting Pedro Castillo, offenses of which members of his family and his political entourage are also accused.