Ecuador Sues Mexico for Granting Asylum to Ex-Vice President Jorge Glas

MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) - Ecuador filed a motion with the International Court of Justice on Monday accusing Mexico of violating international rules by granting political asylum to ex-Vice President Jorge Glas.
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Ecuador claims that Mexico's decision to hide Glas at the embassy in Quito "constituted, among other things, a blatant misuse of the premises of a diplomatic mission," The Hague-based court said in a statement on Monday.
"Ecuador further accuses Mexico of unlawfully granting Mr Glas political asylum and of interfering in its internal affairs," it added.
Mexico cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador and filed a lawsuit against it with the ICJ after Ecuadorean police stormed the Quito embassy on April 5 to abduct Glas, who had been holed up at the building since December 17, 2023.
The Ecuadorean foreign ministry defended the armed raid on the embassy, claiming that the mission had no right to hide a criminal suspect at its premises. Glas has been convicted of corruption in Ecuador and faces new charges of misusing public funds.