Ecuador and Mexico: Why is the embassy raid such a big deal?
Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.
Ecuador–Mexico relations - Wikipedia
The nations of Ecuador and Mexico first established diplomatic relations in 1830. [1] In April 2024, Mexico severed diplomatic relations due to a police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. [2] Since June 2024, Switzerland serves as the protecting power representing Ecuador's interests in Mexico and vice versa. [3]
2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador - Wikipedia
On 5 April 2024, the Mexican embassy in Quito was raided by Ecuadorian police and military forces. Mexico and numerous other countries decried the raid as a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum. [1]
Ecuador faces outrage after storming Mexican embassy to arrest ... - CNN
Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico said it will file a case against Ecuador at the International Court of Justice on Monday after the late Friday night arrest of Glas prompted Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador...
Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.
Explainer: Why did Ecuador raid Mexico's Quito embassy?
Apr 6, 2024 · Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador's police forced their way into Mexico's Quito embassy to arrest a former vice...
Ecuador’s raid on Mexico’s embassy shocked Latin America.
Apr 10, 2024 · Surveillance footage from the incident in Quito last week showed Ecuadorian police grappling with the Mexican mission’s top diplomat as they arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice...
ICJ to hear Mexico’s dispute with Ecuador: All you need to know
Apr 30, 2024 · Ecuador has called Glas’s stay at the Mexican Embassy a “blatant misuse of the premises of its diplomatic mission”. It also describes Mexico’s offer of political asylum as …
Mexico, Ecuador governments had been feuding before embassy …
Apr 8, 2024 · Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.
Mexico’s president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties …
QUITO, Ecuador — Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use...