Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called Glas' detention an “authoritarian act” and “a flagrant violation of international law'.
Mexico is severing diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raided a Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuador ian Vice-President Jorge Glas.
Ecuadorian police forced their way into the embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest Glas, who had been residing there since December.Jorge Glas had been Ecuador's vice-president between 2013 and 2017 and was relieved of his duties after having corruption charges levelled against him. Ecuadorian authorities are still investigating more allegations against him.
People who had gathered outside the prosecutor's office yelled “strength” as the vehicles began to move. Alicia Bárcena, Mexico's secretary of foreign relations, posted on the social platform X that a number of diplomats suffered injuries during the break-in, adding that it violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
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