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Mexico to Appeal to UN's ICJ After Police Attack on Embassy in Ecuador, Foreign Ministry Says
Mexico to Appeal to UN's ICJ After Police Attack on Embassy in Ecuador, Foreign Ministry Says
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The Mexican government will appeal to the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to condemn the actions of the Ecuadorian authorities after police attacked the diplomatic mission in Quito that left several diplomatic staff members injured, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Saturday. Barcena said Mexican diplomats in Ecuador sustained injuries after Ecuadorian law enforcement officers had broken into the Mexican Embassy to detain Glas. Following the attack, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador instructed Barcena to immediately announce the suspension of relations with Ecuador.The Ecuadorian presidential office, in turn, called the police attack on the Mexican diplomatic mission "defense of national sovereignty."Detained Jorge Glas, the former Ecuadorian vice president, arrived at the Mexican embassy in Quito last December to request protection and was granted guest access. The Ecuadorian government later asked Mexico for permission to enter the embassy and arrest Glas, but police were denied access.On Friday, the Mexican government decided to grant political asylum to Glas. Ecuador said Mexico granting asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is illegal and demanded that the politician be extradited.Glas, who was released at the end of 2022 after five years in prison for bribery and criminal conspiracy, was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2023 in a corruption case involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The issuance of a warrant for his arrest occurred after he took refuge at the Mexican diplomatic mission.Quito earlier declared Mexican Ambassador Raquel Serur persona non grata because of the Mexican president's remarks about the 2023 elections in Ecuador. The Mexican president, in turn, said he does not intend to sever relations with Ecuador or expel its ambassador from the country.
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Mexico to Appeal to UN's ICJ After Police Attack on Embassy in Ecuador, Foreign Ministry Says
09:19 06.04.2024 (Updated: 09:23 06.04.2024) MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Earlier on Saturday, Ecuadorian authorities detained former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas who had been sheltering in the Mexican Embassy in Quito, media reported.
The Mexican government will appeal to the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) to condemn the actions of the Ecuadorian authorities after police attacked the diplomatic mission in Quito that left several diplomatic staff members injured, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Saturday.
Barcena said Mexican diplomats in Ecuador sustained injuries after Ecuadorian law enforcement officers had broken into the Mexican Embassy to detain Glas.
"Mexico will appeal to the International Court of Justice to condemn Ecuador's responsibility for violations of international law," Barcena said in a statement published by the Mexican Foreign Ministry on X.
Following the attack, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador instructed Barcena to immediately announce the suspension of relations with Ecuador.
"Our Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena just informed me that the Ecuadorian police forcibly entered our embassy and detained that country's former vice president, who was a refugee and was seeking asylum due to the persecution and accusations he faced. This is a blatant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico, so I instructed our secretary to issue a statement... to act within the law and to immediately announce the suspension of diplomatic relations with the government of Ecuador," the Mexican president wrote on X.
The Ecuadorian presidential office, in turn, called the police attack on the Mexican diplomatic mission "defense of national sovereignty."
"We defend the national sovereignty, no impunity ... After abusing the immunity and privileges provided to the diplomatic mission housing Jorge Glas and granting him diplomatic asylum, contrary to the generally accepted legal framework, his detention was conducted," Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's office said on X.
Detained Jorge Glas, the former Ecuadorian vice president, arrived at the Mexican embassy in Quito last December to request protection and was granted guest access. The Ecuadorian government later asked Mexico for permission to enter the embassy and arrest Glas, but police were denied access.
On Friday, the Mexican government decided to grant political asylum to Glas. Ecuador said Mexico granting asylum to former
Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is illegal and demanded that the politician be extradited.
Glas, who was released at the end of 2022 after five years in prison for bribery and criminal conspiracy, was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2023 in a corruption case involving the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. The issuance of a warrant for his arrest occurred after he took refuge at the Mexican diplomatic mission.
Quito earlier declared Mexican Ambassador Raquel Serur persona non grata because of the Mexican president's remarks about the 2023 elections in Ecuador. The Mexican president, in turn, said he does not intend to sever relations with Ecuador or expel its ambassador from the country.
