The Mexican government on Thursday formalized a complaint before the International Court of Justice against Ecuador for the violent entry of its police forces into its embassy in Quito and announced that it will request the suspension of the Andean country from the United Nations Organization until it issues an apology. for his actions.
Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena said in a conference that the representatives of the Mexican government submitted to the international body the request for proceedings against Ecuador for the events that occurred in its diplomatic headquarters on April 5 that led to the arrest of former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, who resided there since December and had received political asylum.
By instruction of the president @lopezobrador_with a claim before the @CIJ_ICJ, 🇲🇽 brings 🇪🇨 to account for flagrant violation of the inviolability of our embassy and attacks on our staff. The letter and spirit of international law is the guide of our steps. pic.twitter.com/VHJrikrGYl
— Alicia Bárcena (@aliciabarcena) April 11, 2024
Likewise, the chancellor specified that the action will request that the International Court of Justice be the appropriate body to determine the responsibility of the Ecuadorian State in order to begin the expulsion process from the UN.
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For his part, the legal consultant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Alejandro Celorio Alcántara, reported that as part of the process provisional measures will be requested from the Court so that Ecuador guarantees the security of the Mexican embassy in Quito that has been abandoned since the last Sunday when diplomatic personnel left the country after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordered the severing of relations with the government of Daniel Noboa.
Regarding the next actions that Mexico will take, the chancellor announced that she is studying the possibility of also presenting a “criminal accusation in the sense that the violation was of such magnitude on the one hand to the property, to the premises, but also to the people “.
The raid by the Ecuadorian police on the Mexican embassy has been rejected by around thirty countries in the region and Europe and eight international organizations, including the Organization of American States (OAS), which the day before approved a strong condemnation against Ecuador.
Although the majority of OAS members objected to the actions of the Noboa government, its Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld affirmed that the resolution was “fair” and assured that Ecuador will respect its version of the events.
When asked by the press whether the Ecuadorian government would be willing to offer an apology for its actions, Sommerfeld responded that “that is not on the table for discussion at this time,” but she was open to strengthening relations with all countries.
This week, Mexico released unpublished videos showing the moment in which Ecuadorian agents broke into its diplomatic headquarters last Friday night and after pushing and subduing the head of the Mexican consular section, Roberto Canseco, they took Glas into custody, who He had resided there since December after being accused of corruption.
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