Mexican deputy files complaint with the Public Ministry to arrest and extradite Daniel Noboa

Congressperson Gerardo Fernández Norona This Monday, he filed a complaint with the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) of Mexico against the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboafor the attack on the Mexican Embassy in Quito took place on April 5th.

Furthermore, the complaint requested the arrest and extradition of Noboa to Mexico to be prosecuted for the crime of kidnapping against the former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas.

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Fernández Noronawho is the spokesperson coordinator for the official presidential candidate’s campaign Claudia Sheinbaumrequested that the president of the Ecuador as the intellectual author of the attack on the Mexican diplomatic headquarters, under the argument that embassies fall under national jurisdiction and the FGR has the power to judge those responsible for crimes committed at its headquarters.

“It is a very serious violation, not only of international laws, but of Mexican legislation itself, which applies to any Mexican embassy in the world.“, the deputy told the media after the complaint.

“The jurisdiction that governs the Embassy of Mexico is our laws and under these laws Jorge Glas was kidnapped, he was kidnapped with violence, there are the videos and the evidence, there are the statements from the government of Ecuador itself” he added.

This Monday, Noboa assured that he does not regret having ordered the assault on Mexican Embassy in Quito arrest Jorge Glas, former vice-president of Rafael Corrêa (2007-2017), to whom the Mexican Government granted asylum hours earlier.

“I don’t regret“Noboa said in an interview given last week to the Australian channel SBS and broadcast this Monday, the president’s first interaction with the press since the beginning of this crisis with Mexico.

Faced with the almost unanimous condemnation of the international community for breaking the inviolability of a diplomatic headquarters, Noboa admitted that “It was a very difficult decision to make.”, but he did so because his government considers that Mexico was the first to violate international conventions.

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Regarding how he intends to resolve the crisis with Mexico, the Ecuadorian president said he will try to have lunch with AMLO.

“I’m going to invite López Obrador over for ceviche, and we can probably have some tacos and talk, too, when he’s ready.”, he stated.

The irruption of state forces into the Mexican Embassy led the López Obrador Government to break relations with Ecuador and denounce it to the International Court of Justice in Have it considering that its sovereignty and also international law were violated.

Source: Elcomercio

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