The Mexican Foreign Minister noted that negotiations are currently underway for a safe conduct so that relatives can decide whether to go to Mexico or stay at the diplomatic headquarters. | Fountain: Spreading
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Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed on Tuesday that the family of detained former President Pedro Castillo is at the Mexican Embassy in Peru, located in Lima’s San Isidro district, after receiving political asylum.
Accompanied by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a press conference Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico emphasized that the provision political refuge It is an “independent” and “sovereign” decision Mexican government.
“Shelter 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 by Mexico,” he told local media.
ebrard He did not specify whether Yennefer Paredes, sister-in-law and alleged daughter of Castillo Terrones, is also at the diplomatic headquarters. According to sources RPP NewsPolitical asylum was granted only to former First Lady Lilia Paredes and her two children.
What did he say Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico lies in the fact that the procedures have already begun to generate a safe-conduct, in order to former presidential family can go to the lands of the Aztecs “if they so desire”.
“What’s being negotiated is a safe-conduct, so if [los familiares de Castillo] they want to leave, they can do it and come to Mexico if they want to. But they are in Mexico, because this is our embassy,” he stressed.
The whereabouts of Pedro Castillo’s relatives have been unknown since December 7, when the former president was arrested while trying to reach the Mexican embassy after the failed coup. The ex-president was with his family, but they were separated when their transfer to the prefecture of Lima was arranged.
Former first lady Lilia Paredes has been under investigation for months as a possible coordinator of an alleged criminal organization allegedly headed by her husband Pedro Castillo, while her sister Yennefer is under investigation for money laundering and aggravated conspiracy.
The police arrived at the Mexican embassy
Around 11:00 a.m., a group of members of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) arrived at the area of the Mexican Embassy in Peru, located in San Ysidro, as far as he could observe. News RPP.
One of the agents, identified as Major Juan José Chavez, entered the Mexican compound to coordinate a security deployment that would take place outside the embassy after learning that Pedro Castillo’s family was currently staying in the capital.
Source: RPP
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