Lilia Paredes and her children are already at the Jorge Chavez airport to fly to Mexico after receiving political asylum.

Former first lady Lilia Paredes and her children are already at the Jorge Chavez airport, and in the coming hours she will travel to Mexico after government Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador granted him political asylum.

The RPP Noticias team managed to make sure that she was waiting for the plane that would soon take her to the Mexican capital. Location of spouse Pedro Castillo This was unknown since the former president was arrested for attempting a coup d’état.

Both Lilia Paredes and her children will live in Mexico under the protection of the Mexican government. The State Department is investigating the former first lady for alleged affiliation with an alleged criminal organization that may also involve former President Pedro Castillo.

It was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, who confirmed that Lilia Paredes is living in the Mexican Embassy in Peru, located in the Lima district of San Isidro, after receiving political asylum. At a press conference, he indicated that it was an “independent” and “sovereign” decision by the Mexican government.

“Asylum has already been granted. [a la familia de Pedro Castillo] because they are in Mexican territory, that is, in our embassy. And when they are in the embassy, ​​you give them asylum. This is an independent and sovereign decision of Mexico,” he replied.

Ambassador of Mexico expelled

Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi announced Tuesday that Mexican Ambassador to Peru Pablo Monroy has been declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave the country. He also indicated that Lilia Paredes and her children, who received asylum in Mexico, were given protection.

“The government has declared the Ambassador of Mexico to Peru, Pablo Monroy Conesa, persona non grata in connection with the repeated statements by the highest authorities of this country regarding the political situation in Peru, which constitute interference in our internal affairs and which, therefore, both are in violation of the principle of non-intervention,” she said. chancellor in a brief address to the media.

Gervasi said the Mexican government had also been briefed on the safety of President Pedro Castillo’s wife and their children, stressing that there was no political persecution against them.

“The Mexican government has been informed by this Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Lilia Paredes is included in the preliminary investigation as a co-author of the crime of a criminal organization. The government strongly reaffirms that there is no political persecution and that the rule of law, separation of powers and respect for the guarantees of the administration of justice, including due process, prevail,” the official added.