Mexico City/Prensa Latina
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico announced today that it will appeal to the International Court of Justice to denounce Ecuador for violations of international law, a nation with which it confirmed the suspension of diplomatic relations.
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Alicia Bárcena, referred to the raid by the Ecuadorian police on her country’s embassy in Quito as a “flagrant and serious violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, in particular of the principle of inviolability of the premises and of the staff.”
Given what happened, in order to capture former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, considered a politically persecuted person, Bárcena indicated that Mexico’s diplomatic personnel will immediately leave the South American nation.
“Mexico hopes that Ecuador offers the necessary guarantees for the abandonment of personnel,” the chancellor stressed.
Earlier this Friday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated that what happened “is a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico” and for that reason he instructed to proceed “legally and immediately to declare the suspension of diplomatic relations.”
Around 10:30 p.m. (local time) police and armored cars forcibly entered the Mexican embassy in Quito and captured Glas, who was there waiting for safe passage after López Obrador granted him the requested asylum.
With a statement released on platform X, the Ecuadorian presidency confirmed that the security bloc captured the former vice president.
According to the Government of President Daniel Noboa, “since the immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission that housed Jorge Glas were abused and diplomatic asylum was granted contrary to the conventional legal framework, his capture has been proceeded with.”
Videos circulating on social networks show police climbing walls and fences of the embassy, which was heavily guarded by the military from early on, at a time of tension between both governments.
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Glas, considered one of the symbols of “lawfare” in Ecuador, temporarily received the benefit of pre-release on November 28, 2022, after the unification of two prison sentences of six and eight years; However, the measure was revoked.
At the beginning of this year, the justice system ordered the capture of the former official for alleged embezzlement in the case called Reconstruction of Manabí, which investigates alleged embezzlement in public works after the 2016 earthquake.
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