LIMA (Reuters) -Peru has decided to break off diplomatic relations with Mexico, the Andean nation’s foreign minister said on Monday, after starting the process to grant asylum to Peru’s former prime minister.
Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told journalists that Mexico had committed the “unfriendly act” of opening an asylum process to former Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, who served under President Pedro Castillo.
Castillo was removed from office and arrested in late 2022 after attempting to dissolve Congress.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Sarah Morland)
