On the night of the 5th, Ecuadorian police forced their way into the Mexican embassy in the capital, Quito, and arrested former Vice President Glass, who was staying at the embassy. Photo: Police officers guarding the area on the 6th (2024 Reuters/Marcos Pin)
[キト／メキシコ市 ５日 ロイター] – On the night of the 5th, Ecuadorian police forced their way into the Mexican embassy in the capital, Quito, and arrested former Vice President Glass, who was staying at the embassy. In response, Mexico suspended diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
Glass, who has been twice convicted of corruption charges, had been staying at the Mexican embassy since December last year seeking political asylum. The Mexican government granted him asylum on the 5th.
Glass’ international lawyers said they are requesting cooperation at the Inter-American level from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Security Council and the General Assembly.
Ecuador’s government maintains that Mexico’s decision to allow Glass to stay in its embassy and grant him asylum was illegal.
Mexican President López Obrador said Gras’s arrest was an “authoritarian” act, a violation of international law and a violation of Mexico’s sovereignty, and ordered Foreign Minister Bárcena to suspend diplomatic relations. did.
Glass was sentenced to six years in prison in 2017 for accepting bribes from construction companies in exchange for government contracts. He had argued that the ruling was politically motivated.
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