Mexico's top diplomat leaves Peru amid row over asylum for former PM

10/11/2025 6:31

Mexico's top diplomat in Peru has left the country, the South American country said, amid heightened tensions between the two nations over asylum for a

former Peruvian prime minister.



"On this date, and as stipulated by the Government of Peru, the charge d'affaires of the United Mexican States carried out her exit immigration control and left the country," Peru's migration agency said in a post on X late on Saturday.



The departure of Mexican charge d'affaires Karla Ornelas comes after Peru severed diplomatic ties with Mexico for granting asylum to Betssy Chavez, the last prime minister for Peru's ousted and now jailed former President Pedro Castillo.



Peru's government said on Friday said it will not grant safe passage to Chavez, who has been holed up at the Mexican embassy in Lima, effectively blocking her departure from the country.