López Obrador breaks relations with Ecuador after breaking into the embassy and capturing Glas - 2024-04-09 12:39:01

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The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obradorordered this Friday to suspend diplomatic relations with the Government of Ecuador.

His statement comes after Police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito, capital of Ecuador, to arrest former vice president Jorge Glaswho today was granted asylum by the Mexican Government after his entry last December.

“Alicia Bárcena, our Secretary of Foreign Affairs, has just informed me that police from Ecuador forcibly entered our embassy and detained the former vice president of that country who was a refugee and processing asylum due to the persecution and harassment he faces”reported through his account in X.

The president of Mexico declared that this act was a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico. EFE