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Pedro Castillo’s family is already at the Mexican embassy in Peru. The Mexican government has granted them political asylum with the possibility of moving to this country. However, the eventual exit will depend on the decision of the Peruvian government, since a safe-conduct is necessary that allows them to leave their country.
The secretary of foreign relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, assured this morning that the family of Pedro Castillo is already in Mexican territory, since they have entered the Mexican embassy in Peru.
“They have already been granted asylum because they are in Mexican territory, that is, they are in our embassy. When they are in the embassy, you grant them asylum: it is an independent and sovereign decision of Mexico. Now what is being negotiated is the safe-conduct, so that if they want to leave they can do so and come to Mexico, if they wish.”, affirmed the Mexican foreign minister.
Days before, the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, had assured that Mexico had granted political asylum to the wife and children of her predecessor, although she did not specify whether they had already left the country.
“A few days ago the chancellor (Peruvian, Ana Cecilia Gervasi) told me that the Mexican state had already granted political asylum (to the president’s family) and what I told the chancellor is to proceed according to the law,” he said. the ruler to the program Panorama TV.
Castillo’s family is made up of his wife, their two children and his wife’s younger sister, considered a daughter by the family.
Lilia Paredes, Castillo’s wife, is being investigated by the Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office as a possible coordinator of an alleged criminal organization that her husband was supposedly leading.
Since the former Peruvian president was arrested in his attempt to enter the Mexican embassy in Peru, on December 7, the country has registered a series of demonstrations that have left at least 20 people dead.
The European Union (EU) condemned the violence on Monday and called on “all political actors and civil society” to stop it through dialogue, as stated in a statement released on the Twitter account of the delegation in Peru.
