Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy
Ecuadorian police forcibly enter the embassy in Quito to detain former vice-president Jorge Glas
Mexico has suspended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police
forcibly broke into the country's embassy in Quito to detain former
Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, deepening a diplomatic rift
between the two countries.
Glas, convicted twice for corruption, had been holed up in the embassy
in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, arguing he was
being persecuted by the attorney general's office.
Police forcefully entered Mexico's embassy before making the arrest,
the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, posted on X.
"Ecuador is a sovereign nation and we are not going to allow any
criminal to stay free," Ecuador's presidency wrote in a statement on
Friday night.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/mexico-suspends-diplomatic-ties-with-ecuador-after-police-raid-embassy
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