Peru recalls Mexican ambassador after López Obrador comments

February 25 (United Press International) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has permanently recalled the country’s ambassador to Mexico after his country’s counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, made comments about the former Peruvian leader.

The embattled Peruvian leader announced the move on Friday after López Obrador call the peruvian government “Unconstitutional” and asserted that former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was “unlawfully expelled.”

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Castillo impeached and arrested Last December, after trying to dissolve the Peruvian Congress. He was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention for 18 months on charges of “complicity or insurrection”.

Castillo’s attempt to dissolve parliament sparked widespread protests in which at least 50 people were killed. These demonstrations continued until last month, 17 people were killed A day in January.

After Castillo and his family were granted asylum in Mexico, Mexico’s ambassador to Peru was given 72 hours to leave the country last month.

After announcing Friday’s move, Boluarte said relations between Peru and Mexico had been downgraded to “Agent.”

“Mr. López’s decision to support the coup d’état of the current former President Pedro Castillo on December 7, 2022 led to the unanimous rejection of the institutions that constitute the democratic order in Peru and decided that the Congress of the Republic with 101 of its 130 deputies voted to remove him from office,” Boluarte said in a televised address, according to reports. Spanish news agency EFE.

“Mr. Lopez’s remarks violate international law principles of non-interference in internal affairs, as well as those that refer to the defense and promotion of democracy,” she said.

Lopez Obrador Comment At the National Palace in Mexico City on Thursday, he met with Castillo’s wife, Lilia Paredes.