Peru is severing diplomatic relations with Mexico over its granting of diplomatic asylum to a former prime minister accused of being involved in a coup attempt in 2022.

Peruvian Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela told reporters that Mexico’s decision to grant Peruvian former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez asylum at its embassy in Peru's capital, Lima, constituted an 'unfriendly act.

Speeding over to a muddy bank of Peru's Madre de Dios river in a motorboat, Karina Garay pointed to a small wooden structure.

Lima denounced the decision to grant Betssy Chávez, an alleged co-author of an attempted coup, as an "unfriendly act".

Peruvians woke up to their seventh president in less than a decade Friday. José Jeri took the reins of the shaken nation after Congress ousted President Dina Boluarte in a lightning overnight impeachment.

For years, Juan Asin earned a decent living as a tour guide - trekking the ancient Inca trails and valleys around the Peruvian tourist hub of Cusco and the world-renowned archeological site of Machu Picchu.

Prime Minister Betssy Chavez, facing coup charges, seeks asylum at Mexican Embassy amid worsening political tensions.

Peru broke off diplomatic relations with Mexico on Monday in the latest chapter of a years-long dispute stemming from Mexican support for left-wing politicians accused of plotting a 2022 coup in the South American nation.

Peru's government has declared a state of emergency in Lima, after protests erupted across the country over rising crime and corruption.

When Uriel plans his work schedule late in summer near his village in the Peruvian mountains, his first decision is usually which friend’s salt pond he will work that day. "Today we worked on my ponds,