International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito
International leaders condemn Ecuador after police break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country's capital broke into the Mexican Embassy on Friday to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
The raid late Friday prompted Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador, while his government’s foreign relations secretary said the move will be challenged at the World Court in The Hague.
Police broke through the external doors of the embassy in Quito to arrest Jorge Glas, who had been residing there since December. He had sought asylum after being indicted on corruption charges and it had been granted hours earlier.
The break-in was widely condemned.
The Organization of American States in a statement reminded its members, which include Ecuador and Mexico, of their obligation not to “invoke norms of domestic law to justify non-compliance with their international obligations.”
I don't really have sympathy for mexico's government officials.
Aren't most of them in bed with cartels that rape and murder children?
-1Oh no! The repercussions!!
I’m a bit uneasy on how this system works. Are there no consequences for allowing fugitives to escape a country? Why should a country respect another country’s embassy borders if they accept fugitives?
I’m not sure about this, but I think this is all that will come of this, and it might be ok
-27He get asylum because Mexico authorities see his charges as political persecution. There is a trend in Latin America of bogus corruption's trials against left wing politicians, as Lula, Kirchner and Morales cases show.
Always remember that the tribunals are not that just and independent at all, and condemnations can be made up.
13Nice - Mexico as the moral high ground.
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That’s a good question. I think we should consider it closely. Say the United States invaded Russia to arrest Edward Snowden, you would support that? Because it’s the same thing. That embassy is sovereign Mexican territory. That’s how embassies work. Them raiding it is legally no different than them invading Mexico with an armed force.
13Had he had a warrant for his arrest, he wouldn't have been granted asylum. There was only a warrant issued after asylum had been granted. It's comparable to Assange, but instead of the British waiting him out the Ecuadorians decided to storm the embassy
10Would you invade another country to seize said fugitive?
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