Earlier, Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas sought refuge in the Mexican embassy and was granted political asylum by the country's authorities following an arrest warrant for alleged corruption.
Earlier, Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas sought refuge in the Mexican embassy and was granted political asylum by the country's authorities following an arrest warrant for alleged corruption.Ecuador's presidential communications department said in a statement that Ecuadoran vice president "has been arrested tonight and placed under the orders of the competent authorities.
"Police from Ecuador forcibly entered our embassy and detained the former vice president of that country who was a refugee and processing asylum due to the persecution and harassment he faces," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote Friday on social media platform X.Foreign minister Alicia Barcena later wrote on X that Mexico had decided on"the immediate breaking of diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
Ecuador's presidential communications department said in a statement that Glas, who has been"sentenced to imprisonment by the Ecuadoran justice system, has been arrested tonight and placed under the orders of the competent authorities."
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