#DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Members of an elite unit of the Ecuadorian Police break into the Mexican Embassy to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, convicted of corruption, and who was denied political asylum, in Quito, Ecuador, 05 April 2024. EPA/JOSE JACOME Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

Mexico drops diplomatic ties with Ecuador after it arrests ex-VP from Mexican embassy

Police forcefully entered Mexico’s embassy in Quito before making the arrest, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said.