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Some Latin American governments have rejected the Ecuadorian government’s invasion of the Mexican embassy in that country. arrest former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glass. After Ecuadorian police
Some Latin American governments have rejected the Ecuadorian government’s invasion of the Mexican embassy in that country. arrest former vice president of Ecuador Jorge Glass.
After Ecuadorian police forcibly entered the embassy on Friday evening, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered the suspension of bilateral relations with the South American country..
Glas, convicted of corruption, has since remained at Mexico’s diplomatic headquarters in Quito. He asked for asylum in Decembera request that was granted by Mexico earlier Friday.
Images on social media showed Glass being transferred from the crime scene arrest unit where he remained in Quito and was later spotted. boarding a military aircraft in the presence of a strong military presence. Authorities have not confirmed the location of the former vice president’s transfer.
Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry expressed its “strongest rejection.”
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses its strong rejection of the events committed on the night of April 5, 2024 at the headquarters of the Diplomatic Mission of the United Mexican States by the security forces of the Government of Ecuador.
The Ecuadorian Presidency accused Mexico of “abusing the immunities and privileges granted diplomatic mission in which Jorge Glas was located and the granting of diplomatic asylum in violation of the normal legal framework.”
For its part, the Glas political party called on the international community to remain vigilant in this case.
What has happened in the last few hours in the country is barbaric and contrary to the basic norms and fundamental principles of the civilized coexistence of international law and diplomatic law.
“All our solidarity with Mexico in the face of unacceptable violation of its embassy in Quito”said for his part Cuban President Miguel Diaz-CanelV X.
“The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations must be respected by everyone. which is an important component of international law,” he added.
Bye, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, President of Bolivia, “strongly condemned” incident in publication X and commented.
This serious and unacceptable fact threatens the sovereignty of Mexico and violates the principles established in the Montevideo Convention on Political Asylum, as well as in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which, in Article 22, paragraph I, states: “The premises of the mission are inviolable. “Agents of the receiving State may not enter them without the consent of the head of mission.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro expressed solidarity with Mexico’s diplomatic staff in Quito. “The Vienna Convention and Mexico’s sovereignty in Ecuador have been violated.“,” Petro reviewed in a message on his X account, where he stated that “Colombia respects the universal right to political asylum.”
The President of Colombia added.
I insist once again that Latin America and the Caribbean, whatever the social and political structures in each country, must preserve the precepts of international law in the face of the barbarism that is advancing in the world and the democratic pact within the continent.
The disagreement occurred at a time of maximum tension in relations between Ecuador and Mexico.after Daniel Noboa’s government expels Mexican Ambassador Raquel Serur over Lopez Obrador’s statements, about the assassination of candidate Fernando Villavicencio and influencing the elections won by a young businessman, now 36, who defeated Correista candidate Luisa Gonzalez.
EFE and Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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