peru , peru — a chavez underground mp which says he is a victim of administrative pressure by president hugo chavez ' s side requested political amnesty in lima on tuesday , three of his lawyers said . manuel rosales , a leading presidential fighter , has been charged with treason in colombia but says his trial would not be successful . lawyer carmen pre - riestra said there is " compelling evidence " supporting his case for rehabilitation and that peru ' s foreign ministry should summon jimenez to explains his request within a week . peruvian foreign minister jose anthony garcia belaunde said earlier tuesday that rosales entered peru as a foreigner on april 4 .
Rosales lost a presidential race to Chavez in 2006.