The head of the European Union condemns the “rape” of the Mexican embassy in Ecuador

The high representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrellthis Sunday condemned the “rape”from the embassy of Mexico in Quito and asked to respect international diplomatic law after the attack on the building by police Ecuadorians who this Friday arrested the country’s former vice president Jorge Glas.

“I condemn the violation of the facilities of the Mexican embassy in Quitoin clear violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention (which governs diplomatic relations). Call for respect diplomatic international law“Borrell wrote in a message via his official account on the X social network.

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Mexico immediately broke off diplomatic relations with EcuadorIt is Nicaragua He did the same this Saturday, after the attack on the Mexican embassy in Quitowhich aimed to arrest the former Ecuadorian president Jorge Glaswho was there receiving political asylum.

He Mexican government described the attack as violation of its sovereignty and international lawand was also condemned this Saturday by the UN Secretary General, António Guterresit’s him United States Department of Stateas well as left- and right-wing Latin American governments.

The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Pepper, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay It is Venezuela.

After his kidnapping at the Mexican embassy, ​​Jorge Glas spent the entire morning at the Flagrancy Unit of Quito and this Saturday he was transferred by plane to the maximum security prison of The rocklocated in the penitentiary complex of the city of Guayaquil and reserved for the most dangerous prisoners.

The former vice president was under arrest warrant and placed in preventive detention in the case of the reconstruction of the coastal province of Manabithe most affected by the strong earthquake of 2016, where he is accused of alleged embezzlement (misappropriation of public funds).

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He also had to return to prison to finish serving an eight-year prison sentence for two convictions for bribery and illicit association after not having received the pre-release prison benefit, after having combined the two sentences and having served almost five years in prison. , between 2017 and 2022.

Since mid-December 2023, he has been at the Mexican embassy in Quito to ask for asylum, which was granted to him this Friday, declaring himself a victim of political persecution and ‘legal war‘ (use of the judicial apparatus against political opponents).

Glas’ asylum was granted by Mexico at a time of greatest tension in relations with Ecuador, after the Noboa Government expelled the Mexican ambassador, Raquel Serurin response to the president’s statements Andrés Manuel López Obrador that linked the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio with Noboa’s electoral victory against the Correís candidate Luisa González.

Source: Elcomercio

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