2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador

2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador

A video of the raid
Date5 April 2024
Location
La Carolina, Quito, Ecuador
0°10′40″S 78°28′42″W / 0.17778°S 78.47833°W / -0.17778; -78.47833
Result
Parties involved
 Ecuador
• President Daniel Noboa
• Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld		  Mexico
• President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
• Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena

On 5 April 2024, the Mexican embassy in Quito was raided by Ecuadorian police and military forces. Mexico and numerous other countries decried the raid as a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum.[1]

The raid was carried out to arrest the former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, who had been sentenced for corruption and had been living in the embassy since 17 December 2023.[2] A few hours before the attack, he had been granted political asylum.[3]

The assault led to Mexico severing its relations with Ecuador.[4] The following day, Nicaragua followed suit in solidarity with Mexico.[4][5] Venezuela closed its Ecuadorian embassy and consulates due to the raid, condemning Ecuador's actions.[6]

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  2. ^ "Policía saca a Jorge Glas de la Embajada de México en Quito" [Police remove Jorge Glas from the Mexican Embassy in Quito]. El Universo (in Spanish). 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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  4. ^ a b Gutiérrez, Fidel; Chen, Heather; Shortell, David (6 April 2024). "'Outrage against international law': Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador over embassy raid". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Nicaragua kutter forbindelsen med Ecuador etter omstridt ambassadeaksjon" [Nicaragua cuts ties with Ecuador after disputed embassy action]. Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy in Quito". NBC News. 16 April 2024. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.