The governments of Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Bolivia released a statement this Monday, the 12th, in which they position themselves in a favorable way to protect the former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo.
In the document, the representatives ask for protection from the impeached politician after his frustrated attempt to dissolve the National Congress and install an exceptional government.
“We urge the institutions to refrain from reversing the popular will expressed through the free popular vote. Castillo, since the day of his election, has been the victim of harassment that violates the American Convention on Human Rights,” says the text, released by the Chancellery of Bogotá representing countries governed by leftist leaders.
Days after the dismissal of the former president as Chief Executive, which culminated in the inauguration of Dina Boluarte as a representative – and will be the first woman to head the Peruvian Executive -, Peru began to suffer a series of protests that culminated in the death of of seven people.
Castillo, however, was arrested last Wednesday, the 7th, and taken to the Prefecture of the National Police of Peru.
With information from Jovem Pan