The Ecuadorian government has not yet received a formal request for permission to land an official Mexican plane that will pick up Mexican Ambassador to Quito Raquel Serurdeclared “persona non grata” by the Ecuadorian executive last Thursday.

“There has not yet been a request” for a plane to come into the country and pick up Serur, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld said, justifying her government’s decision to declare Mexico’s ambassador “persona non grata.” Some comments from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Sommerfeld clarified that, despite the controversy, “Diplomatic relations between states have not been disrupted” and said that there are mechanisms for resolving these types of conflicts.

The Ecuadorian government declared Mexico’s ambassador “persona non grata” on Thursday in response to statements by President Lopez Obrador. about the assassination of former Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the obvious electoral consequences of this crime.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador applied the principle of “non-interference” in the internal affairs of another country and the Vienna Convention, take a diplomatic measure requiring the departure of the ambassador from the country.

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At a conference before the press in his country, the Mexican president commented on the implications of Villavicencio’s murder in the context of last year’s presidential elections in Ecuador, which gave victory to the incumbent presidentbusinessman Daniel Noboa.

López Obrador said that, according to his criteria, Villavicencio’s crime This especially hurt Luisa Gonzalez, a presidential candidate. The Citizens’ Revolution movement, led by former progressive ruler Rafael Correa (2007–2017), a view also shared by several Ecuadorian election analysts.

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However, the Ecuadorian government called Lopez Obrador’s opinion “very unfortunate”while Ecuador is still mourning the murder of Villavicencio, a crime that “sent shock into Ecuadorian society and dealt a blow to democracy, peace and security.”

Villavicencio was shot and killed on August 9, 2023, while leaving an election rally in Quito. There were eleven days left before the first round of elections outstanding commanders, and this process finally ended with the triumph of Noboa. (EFE)