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The former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa (2007-2017) assured this Saturday that the current president, Daniel Noboa, confuses the country “with one of his banana farms”, after the Ecuadorian Government decided to forcefully enter the Mexican Embassy to arrest the former Vice President Jorge. Glas, to whom the Mexican Executive granted political asylum.
In a social media message belt highlighted the unusual nature of the entry of Ecuadorian authorities into the diplomatic headquarters of the Mexico in Quito to secure glass stating that it is “unprecedented in Latin American history”.
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“Not even in the worst dictatorships was a country’s embassy violated. We do not live in a rule of law, but rather in a state of barbarismwith an improviser who confuses his homeland with one of his banana farms“, he said belt referring to Noboawhose family owns the largest banana emporium in the country, the world’s largest exporter of this fruit.
“Daniel Noboa’s responsibility for the safety and physical and psychological integrity of former vice-president Jorge Glas. To Mexico, its people and its Government, our apologies and eternal admiration. Until victory always!”, concluded the former president.
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradoranticipated the formal rupture of diplomatic relations with Ecuador considering the invasion of the embassy in Quito a violation of national sovereignty and international law.
This event occurred at a time of maximum tension in relations between Ecuador and Mexico, after the Noboa government expelled the Mexican ambassador, Raquel Serurdue to statements by López Obrador, about the assassination of the candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the effect on the elections won by the young businessman, now 36 years old, who prevailed over the Correísta candidate Luisa González.
At the end of February The Ecuadorian government had already requested authorization from the Mexican ambassador to enter the diplomatic headquarters to arrest Glas, when the López Obrador government had not yet resolved his request for political asylum.
glasswho was vice-president of Ecuador during part of Rafael Correa’s presidential term (2007-2017) and at the beginning of Lenín Moreno’s presidential term (2017-2021) He has been at the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador since the end of December 2023.
He had arrived there after being accused of alleged embezzlement (misappropriation of public funds) in the ‘Reconstruction’ case from the coastal province of Manabiafter the strong earthquake that occurred in 2016.
After staying at the Mexican Embassy in Quito, In early 2024, a judge ordered his capture and entry into pre-trial detention.
Glas spent nearly five years in prison between 2017 and the end of 2022, serve two sentences for corruption cases of eight and six years in prison, respectively, for the crimes of bribery and illicit association in the irregular financing of the Correísta party and in the context of the international corruption case of the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
The former vice president has always rejected the accusations and convictions against him and from the beginning declared himself politically persecuted and a victim of ‘legal war‘ (use of the judicial apparatus against political opponents), which is why he requested political asylum in Mexico.
In the same sentence for Bribery The former president was also sentenced to eight years in prison and politically disqualified. beltwho has refugee status in Belgium, where he also denounces political persecution against him and those close to him during his government.
Source: Elcomercio
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