Mexico’s showdown with Ecuador over embassy raid begins at the International Court of Justice
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Mexico is suing Ecuador at the world court over the armed raid that led to the arrest of the Ecuadorian former vice president Jorge Glas, saying it violated the Vienna Convention.
A showdown between Mexico and Ecuador begins on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the culmination of weeks of recrimination over an incident that saw Ecuadorian forces raid Mexico’s embassy in Quito in April, to arrest a former vice president who had been seeking asylum. Mexico is suing Ecuador at the world court over the armed raid, saying it violated the Vienna Convention, a United Nations treaty on diplomatic relations. It is asking for Ecuador to be suspended from the UN. Surveillance footage from the incident showed Ecuadorian police grappling with the Mexican mission’s top diplomat as they arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president who has been convicted twice for corruption. The incident drew widespread international condemnation, but Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa remains unrepentant, telling CNN affiliate SBS news that he does not regret how Glas was arrested. In Tuesday’s hearing, Mexico is seeking provisional measures from the ICJ to ensure that Ecuador “takes appropriate and immediate steps to provide full protection and security of diplomatic premises” and “refrains from any act or conduct likely to aggravate or widen the dispute.” Provisional measures do not represent a final ruling but function as a kind of restraining order to stop a dispute from escalating while the full case progresses through the court, which could take years. Meanwhile, Ecuador filed a lawsuit of its own at the ICJ against Mexico over its decision to grant asylum to Glas. Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday that Mexico had violated conventions, agreements, and international obligations since Glas became a guest at its embassy in Quito last December and was subsequently granted asylum.
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