Peru orders Mexico's ambassador out as diplomatic spat deepens


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Dec 2022

FILE PHOTO Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard  speaks ahead of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken  in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington DC U.S. December 16 2022. Olivier DoulieryPool via REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks ahead of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, DC, U.S. December 16, 2022. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY/LIMA (Reuters) -Peru declared Mexico's ambassador to Lima "persona non grata" and ordered him to leave the country on Tuesday, Peru's foreign minister announced, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two nations after Peru ousted Pedro Castillo as president.

The abrupt order, a severe measure in the world of diplomacy, gives Mexico's envoy to the South American country just 72 hours to exit.

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