This Saturday is the The Mexican Foreign Ministry demanded from Ecuador “the necessary guarantees for the departure of Mexican diplomatic personnel.”said a statement.
The country, chaired by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, demanded “Guaranteed” that its diplomatic staff will leave Ecuador after the embassy in Quito was attacked by police And? culminated in the arrest of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who sought refuge in that location. and wanted by the justice system of his country.
The shocking operation, which had no immediate precedent worldwide, prompted the Mexican president to immediately cut off diplomatic relations with Ecuador, which he called a “flagrant violation of international law and Mexican sovereignty.”
The Mexican embassy in Quito remained surrounded by police Saturday morning and the country’s flag had been removed from its flagpole in the courtyard.
The previous evening, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena told the media that she was waiting for a response from Ecuador to send a plane to evacuate its diplomats. “We are looking for the best way to get our employees and their families out,” he said.
Mexico described the operation as a “brutal invasion” and denounced “physical violence” against mission chief Roberto Canseco, who was overpowered on the ground by a uniformed officer, according to images shown on Ecuadorian television. The diplomat, like the rest of the delegation, is “doing well,” said Foreign Minister Bárcena.
He Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa defended the measure, saying it was an “abuse of the immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission.”.
“The national government defends national sovereignty and does not allow anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of the country,” Ecuador’s presidency said in a series of messages on the social network X at midnight.