Quito, Friday, April 5, 2024. Special police groups enter the Mexican Embassy, for the capture of former Vice President Jorge Glas. Photos: ALBERTO SUAREZ /API
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Alicia Barcenaannounced this Monday that his Government will send a letter to the Secretary General of the HIM, António Guterresto report the assault of Ecuador to the Mexico’s embassy in Quito last Friday.
“We are going to send a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations to be presented to the entire membership of the United Nations, the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly”the Secretary of Foreign Affairs announced at the Government’s morning conference.
The chancellor recalled that Mexico will also denounce Ecuador this Monday before the international Court of Justice for breaking into his diplomatic headquarters in Quito last Friday, “attacking” Mexican officials and taking away the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas (2013-2017), who was sheltered there.
“We announce that we are now resorting to the International Court of Justice and other instances to denounce Ecuador for violations of international law”he pointed out.
Moments before, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, Gabriela Sommerfeldargued that Mexico first breached the Vienna Convention and asylum, and did not give concrete answers to the Andean country regarding its requests regarding Glas, prosecuted in corruption cases and now imprisoned in a maximum security prison.
The former vice president of the Republic Jorge Glas, upon arriving at the maximum security prison of La Roca, near Guayaquil, on April 6, 2024.
According to the head of Ecuadorian diplomacy, Mexico did not give “a positive response,” and only mentioned that they were analyzing the case.
But Bárcena asserted that “there is no justification for the police forces to have broken into the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador or to physically attack the dignity of the diplomatic staff.”
The Secretary of Foreign Affairs defended that “Mexico has adhered to international law regarding the Vienna Convention and the Caracas Convention” and that “Mexico has maintained direct and constant communication with Ecuador before this incident, of course, to address the asylum issue.
“If Ecuador had a different interpretation than Mexico regarding the asylum or Vienna conventions on diplomatic relations, it should have resorted at all times to peaceful procedures, as established by the charter of the United Nations Organization”he sentenced.
The crisis between Mexico and Ecuador began last Thursday, when the Government of Daniel Noboa declared the Mexican ambassador persona non grata, Raquel Serurin response to comments López Obrador made on Wednesday about the assassination of the former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and its electoral consequences.
Mexico announced on Friday that it would seek to bring Glas to the country as a political asylum, so Ecuadorian forces forcibly entered the embassy to take him away.
Since then, Mexico has received the “support” of 29 countries, of which 20 are from America and 9 from Europe, in addition to 8 international organizations, according to Bárcena.
“We have received, and especially President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, very important support and backing from the international community”asserted the Mexican chancellor.
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) They will have meetings this week to address the issue. EFE (I)