Lima, Jun 2 (EFE).- The Government of Peru denounced this Friday that several of its diplomatic officials in Mexico have received death threats and asked the Government of that country, with which it maintains a political confrontation, to grant security guarantees .
“We condemn the threats received at the headquarters of the diplomatic mission of Peru in Mexico,” wrote the Peruvian Prime Minister, Alberto Otárola, in a message that was posted on Twitter.
Otárola added that “the origin of these reprehensible acts must be investigated” and that the Peruvian government requested “guarantees for the life and safety” of its officials and personnel working in that country.
Peru believes that the “threats are serious”
The Peruvian Foreign Ministry explained that during the night of last Wednesday the Peruvian business manager “received a death threat, through an anonymous message sent via WhatsApp to the emergency cell phone” of the Consulate General in Mexico City.
In a statement to journalists, Otárola said that he had “listened to the recording” and that “the threats are serious.”
For this reason, he asked the Government of Mexico for “guarantees for the integrity, life” of the diplomats, “who are the business manager, plus three diplomats at our embassy and as many diplomats at the Consulate of Peru.”
The prime minister recalled that relations between the two countries are at the level of business managers.
But he said that “this case is an issue that we do not want to ignore” because it is “a very threatening and intimidating recording.”
The reaction of the authorities
The Foreign Ministry added, for its part, that after receiving the threats, “the Mexican Police were immediately informed and the complaint about the situation was filed with the Prosecutor’s Office of that country.”
A diplomatic note was also sent to the Mexican Foreign Ministry requesting that “the corresponding investigations be carried out and the assurances and guarantees be provided” to the officials of Peru, for which “the Mexican authorities have reinforced security at the Embassy headquarters , the consular headquarters” and in the residence of the Charge d’Affaires.
The statement added that the Police Attaché Office of Peru in Mexico is “in contact with the police authorities of that country, monitoring the case and the investigations” and that the work of the Embassy and the Consulate General in Mexico “continues to develop normally.” .
The plenary session of the Peruvian Congress declared Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador persona non grata last Thursday for his statements on Peruvian affairs and the refusal to hand over the presidency of the Pacific Alliance to the Andean country.
Dina Boluarte, “usurper”
The Mexican ruler describes President Dina Boluarte as a “usurper.”
In addition, he considers that he should leave “the Presidency to the one who won in a free and democratic election, to Pedro Castillo”, who has been imprisoned since December 7 after being dismissed by the Peruvian Congress after attempting a coup.
López Obrador also reiterates that Mexico will not give the Presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Boluarte “because she is not legally and legitimately president of Peru.”
In the midst of this political conflict, Peru announced at the end of February the total withdrawal of its ambassador in Mexico and indicated that the relationship was limited to business managers.