Former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo, deposed 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”Pedro Castillo transmitted his request to the Mexican Embassy in Lima on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, said Marcelo Ebrard by reproducing on Twitter the letter from the lawyer of the former president.
Pedro Castillo was deposed on Wednesday by a vote of Parliament, the dissolution of which he had just announced, a maneuver immediately qualified as attempted “coup d’etat” 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.