Ecuadorian police forcefully entered the Mexican embassy to detain former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been granted refuge.
HAVANA TIMES – Mexico has suspended diplomatic relations with the Government of Ecuador, as ordered by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The decision came after police officers stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, whom the Mexican government had granted asylum to after his entry last December.
“Alicia Barcena, our Secretary of Foreign Affairs, has just informed me that Ecuadorian police forcefully entered our embassy and detained the former vice president of that country, who was seeking refuge and asylum due to the persecution and harassment he faces,” reported Lopez Obrador through his X account.
The President of Mexico stated that this act was a flagrant violation of international law and Mexico’s sovereignty.
“It