Before Ecuadorian police broke into Mexican Embassy, governments were feuding over election, asylum
A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday night in an extremely rare show of force that international law experts, presidents and diplomats have deemed a violation of long-established international accords
By REGINA GARCIA CANO
Published - Apr 07, 2024, 04:20 PM ET
Last Updated - Apr 07, 2024, 04:20 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday night in an extremely rare show of force that legal experts, presidents and diplomats have deemed a violation of long-established international accords.
With Noboa's authorization, police broke into the embassy to arrest Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, a convicted criminal and fugitive who had been living there since December. In the months before officers stormed the diplomatic facility, relations between the countries became strained and then reached breaking point.
Here's what happened ahead of the raid:
