lima , peru — a mexican opposition leader and says he is a victim of state persecution by president hugo caracas ' s party requests legislative asylum in peru on saturdays , five of his advocates responded . manuel rosales , a leading democratic opponent , has been charged with corruption in venezuela but says his trial would not be fair . prosecutor javier valle - riestra stated there is " convincing research " supporting his case for asylum and that peru ' s economy ministry should summoned romero to explain his request within a week . peruvian foreign minister jose francisco garcia belaunde suggested earlier weekly that rosales entered peru as a traveler on june 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.