Security forces stormed the Mexican Embassy arresting former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas who was taking refuge there. Mexican President Lopez Obrador called the raid "a flagrant violation of international law."
Seems like you already barely had any proper diplomatic channels in place if you’ve decided to raid another country’s embassy. Yikes. Can someone explain why Ecuador thought this was worth an incident?
The person arrested is Jorge Glas, a leftist politician in contact with ex-president and socialist Rafael Correia.
Ecuador’s current president is Daniel Noboa, son of billionaire and previous presidential candidate Arvalo Noboa who Correia had investigated for tax evasion, slave/child labour, money laundering etc. so naturally they hate Jorge Glas.
Perhaps Daniel wanted a win against Correia supporters, and maybe felt emboldened by israel’s recent bombing of the Iranian embassy. Similar to israel, he probably doesn’t have to worry about the US disapproving of this move since the target is a leftist and he’s a capitalist.
Seems like you already barely had any proper diplomatic channels in place if you’ve decided to raid another country’s embassy. Yikes. Can someone explain why Ecuador thought this was worth an incident?
The person arrested is Jorge Glas, a leftist politician in contact with ex-president and socialist Rafael Correia.
Ecuador’s current president is Daniel Noboa, son of billionaire and previous presidential candidate Arvalo Noboa who Correia had investigated for tax evasion, slave/child labour, money laundering etc. so naturally they hate Jorge Glas.
Perhaps Daniel wanted a win against Correia supporters, and maybe felt emboldened by israel’s recent bombing of the Iranian embassy. Similar to israel, he probably doesn’t have to worry about the US disapproving of this move since the target is a leftist and he’s a capitalist.