Through an extensive statement, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry ratified its decision not to provide safe passage for Jorge Glas travel to Mexico as an asylum. The Government believes that the granting of diplomatic asylum is illicit, since it does not comply with the provisions of any of the international agreements of which they are part.
Likewise, they confirmed that they have not received official notification about this decision, so they are waiting for it.
In the document, the Foreign Ministry recalled that Ecuador y Mexico They are part of the Convention on Political Asylum of 1955 and the Convention on Diplomatic Asylum of 1954. Article III of the latter and Article 1 of the Convention on Political Asylum of 1933, “clearly establish that it is not lawful to grant asylum to persons convicted or prosecuted for common crimes and by competent ordinary courts.
The Foreign Ministry indicated that the Mexican Embassy is aware of the judicial proceedings against Glassince it “timely” sent the information about the convictions of the Former Vice President for the crimes of illicit association and bribery, as well as about the arrest warrant issued against him by the National Court of Justice in a case for the crime of peculation.
“The granting of diplomatic asylum, in this case, constitutes an illicit act of the State that grants it, supports an evasion of the justice of the Ecuadorian State and promotes impunity,” the statement reads.
The Foreign Ministry says that Mexico must hand over Glas
According to EcuavisaIn the statement, the Foreign Ministry reminded the authorities of Mexico what is established in articles III, second paragraph, of the Convention on Diplomatic Asylum of 1954 and article 1 of the Convention on Political Asylum of 1933, which determines:
“The Government of Mexico has the obligation to hand over Mr. Jorge David Glas Espinel so that he can be placed at the disposal of the courts of justice of Ecuador.”
He added that the current Government will act to support the fight against corruption and transnational organized crime, with the aim of eradicating impunity for corruption crimes in the exercise of public functions.
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