Mexico announced its intention to refer the case to the International Court of Justice, the highest judicial body in the United Nations, after a police raid on its embassy in Ecuador, which sparked the collapse of diplomatic relations and international outrage.
Mexican diplomatic staff stationed in Quito left Ecuador on Sunday, two days after police raided the embassy to arrest the former vice president who had found asylum there.
Starting tomorrow, we will head to the International Court of Justice, where we will present this sad case. We believe we can win our case quickly.
The diplomats and their family members boarded a commercial flight in Quito after they were accompanied to the airport by the ambassadors of Germany, Panama, Cuba and Honduras, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The unprecedented storming of the Mexican embassy in Quito by Ecuadorian police officers in the world to arrest the former Ecuadorian vice president accused of corruption, Jorge Glass, who had taken refuge there, has sparked a barrage of criticism since Friday.
Ecuadorian police special forces entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest former Vice President of Ecuador Jorge Glas on April 5, 2024.
Photo: Getty Images/AFP/Alberto Suarez
In the process, Mexico announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador, followed by Nicaragua.
Ecuador was criticized from all sides
Leftist governments across Latin America condemned the raid, from Brazil to Venezuela to Chile and even Argentina led by liberal President Javier Miley, as well as the Organization of American States, the European Union and Spain.
Warning
Secretary General ofUnited nations, António Guterres said he believes that any violation of diplomatic forums poses a risk Striving to establish normal international relations
According to its spokesman.
United States – which condemns Any violation of the Vienna Convention
-He supported Mexico and Ecuador To resolve their disputes in accordance with international standards
. This 1961 agreement provides for embassies and consulates Its sanctity may not be violated
.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro, who holds the interim presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Nations, called an emergency meeting on Monday.
Finally, Bolivian President Luis Arce announced on Sunday that his government had recalled its ambassador to Ecuador, and summoned the Ecuadorian ambassador to Bolivia to obtain clarifications.
He condemned Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador A flagrant violation of international law and Mexican sovereignty
He said he intends to take the case to the International Court of Justice.
Jorge Glass is detained in Guayaquil prison
Government sources reported that Jorge Glass (54 years old) was transferred to a high-security prison in Guayaquil (southwestern Ecuador) on Saturday.
This is completely out of the ordinary. I'm so worried they might kill Jorge Glass.
The head of Mexican foreign and political affairs in Ecuador Roberto Canseco Martinez Sunday
Photography: Reuters/Quetzali Nikti Ha
Mexico granted asylum on Friday to Jorge Glass, who has taken refuge in its embassy in Quito since December 17 and has had an arrest warrant issued against him on corruption charges.
Keto described this decision asillegal
Convicting A Abuse of immunities and privileges
The embassy as well as interference in its internal affairs. Jorge Glass was the subject of an enforceable conviction and an arrest warrant issued by the competent authorities
“, commented the Ecuadorian Ministry of Communications.
Who is Jorge Glass?
Jorge Glas, vice president between 2013 and 2017 during the presidency of socialist Rafael Correa (2007-2017), is accused of embezzling public funds allocated for the reconstruction of coastal cities after the 2016 earthquake.
Former Vice President of Ecuador Jorge Glas (archive photo)
Photo: Associated Press/Dolores Ochoa
He had already been sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison for corruption in a wide-ranging scandal involving the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, and was released last November.
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