A Mexican citizen was assaulted in Lima and cannot process his passport due to a diplomatic crisis

On February 24, the President To Boluarte announced the permanent withdrawal of the Peruvian Ambassador to Mexico after the expressions of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) on the political situation in Peru. But, the deterioration of diplomatic relations began in December 2022 when the Peruvian president declared the then Mexican ambassador to Peru persona non grata, Paul Monroy, who he gave only 72 hours to leave the country. The withdrawals of the two ambassadors would already be affected by Peruvian and Mexican citizens who, for whatever reason, are in a country that is not their own.

This is the case of a Mexican citizen who resided in the Peru and that he experienced several days of uncertainty when he wanted to return to his country since his Mexican passport was about to expire and he tried to make a new one at the embassy of Mexico in Lima they told him there was no ambassador.

“Since today, there is a (diplomatic) conflict between Peru and Mexico), we don’t have an ambassador. We have a representative. I was able to convince him to give me an emergency passport for a year. They told me they would help me, but the passport process took 15 to 30 days,” he told the 24-hour newscast. Juan Carlos Reyes Espinozaoriginally from Veracruz, Mexico.

He pointed out that since he told them he had nowhere to stay, they told him they would make an exception to deliver it to him the same day, but he had to pay $40. . After his case was made public, Juan Carlos was able to contact one of his compatriots who offered to help him with the administrative costs.

He Mexican citizen Aged 35, he worked as a chef in Brazil and at the end of his contract he left for Colombia to catch his flight home. I had planned to do the first stretch overland through Peru and Ecuador. However, when they attempted to cross the border into Ecuador, they did not allow him to enter as they told him his passport was due to expire in April.

Also, he said that in Lima, his cell phone and money were stolen, which is why he could not make the $40 payment to process his emergency passport. Jean Charles He commented that he had to spend a day on the streets.

Finally, he said that with the emergency passport he will ask for financial assistance from his family so that he can continue his journey by land to Colombia and thus reach his country.

On Friday March 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs terminated the functions of the Consul General of Peru in Mexico City, Milagros Miranda Rojas. In supreme resolution 039-2023-REpublished in the Bulletin of legal regulations of the Official Journal A Peruviansaid the government’s decision is made official.

Miranda Rojas, Minister Counselor of the Peruvian diplomatic servicehad been consul in Mexico City since May 1, 2021.

The resolution indicates that the corresponding bills will be canceled on the date on which their functions cease. In addition, the document bears the signatures of the President Dina Boluarte Zegarra and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ana Cecilia Gervasi Diaz.