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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.

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2024: The Year of Elections

This year will see an unprecedented number of people head to the polls to choose their leaders.

Photo: PAP/EPA/Isaac Esquivel.

Protestors storm Mexico’s presidential palace over missing students

Protestors, rallying against the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico in 2014, knocked down the door to the country’s presidential palace - visuals captured by local media stations showed on Wednesday.