Will the Peruvian government invade the Mexican embassy?
Betsy Chávez, former prime minister of Peru during the Pedro Castillo administration, is currently in the Mexican embassy in Lima, where she requested and was granted political asylum on November 3, 2025. This situation sparked a diplomatic crisis between Peru and Mexico, as the Peruvian government broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico, declaring the Mexican ambassador persona non grata and refusing to grant Chavez the safe conduct necessary to leave the country.
Chávez faces trial for the alleged crimes of rebellion, conspiracy, and abuse of authority related to her role in an alleged self-coup perpetrated by Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022. She was arrested in June 2023, and in September 2025, the Constitutional Court overturned her pretrial detention, ordering her immediate release, which led her to seek political asylum at the Mexican Embassy.
On November 21, 2025, the Peruvian judiciary issued a 5-month preventive detention order against her, along with an Interpol red notice for his international arrest.
This order gave rise to speculation that the Peruvian government would order the invasion of the Mexican Embassy, as happened in Ecuador on April 5, 2024, when a police and military operation violated the diplomatic inviolability established in the 1961 Vienna Convention. This event was described as an "invasion" by the Mexican government and the international community. This action was taken to capture former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been sheltering in the diplomatic headquarters since December 2023.
Given the precedent, Colombian President Gustavo Petro posted on X
Chávez faces trial for the alleged crimes of rebellion, conspiracy, and abuse of authority related to her role in an alleged self-coup perpetrated by Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022. She was arrested in June 2023, and in September 2025, the Constitutional Court overturned her pretrial detention, ordering her immediate release, which led her to seek political asylum at the Mexican Embassy.
On November 21, 2025, the Peruvian judiciary issued a 5-month preventive detention order against her, along with an Interpol red notice for his international arrest.
This order gave rise to speculation that the Peruvian government would order the invasion of the Mexican Embassy, as happened in Ecuador on April 5, 2024, when a police and military operation violated the diplomatic inviolability established in the 1961 Vienna Convention. This event was described as an "invasion" by the Mexican government and the international community. This action was taken to capture former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been sheltering in the diplomatic headquarters since December 2023.
Given the precedent, Colombian President Gustavo Petro posted on X
The president of Peru's Council of Ministers, Ernesto Álvarez, denied on Thursday that his country could storm the Mexican embassy in Lima to arrest former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez.
