INTL Ecuador Troops Invade Mexican Embassy To Arrest Former Vice President Jorge Glas Who Was Granted Asylum

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SHOCK: Ecuador Troops Invade Mexican Embassy To Arrest Former Vice President Jorge Glas Who Was Granted Asylum (VIDEOS) | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran

The Friday night in Latin America was filled with political turmoil, as an elite group of the Ecuadorian army RAIDED the Mexican embassy in Quito, to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas, a fugitive from local justice who had been granted political asylum by Mexico.

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SHOCK: Ecuador Troops Invade Mexican Embassy To Arrest Former Vice President Jorge Glas Who Was Granted Asylum (VIDEOS)​

by Paul Serran Apr. 6, 2024 11:20 am
The Friday night in Latin America was filled with political turmoil, as an elite group of the Ecuadorian army RAIDED the Mexican embassy in Quito, to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas, a fugitive from local justice who had been granted political asylum by Mexico.

Armed Soldiers of the Ecuadorian Army, in black vehicles, broke the external doors of the Mexican diplomatic headquarters and accessed the courtyards.
Glas, convicted of corruption charges, was arrested and taken into custody.

Watch: Glas is taken out of the Mexican embassy. Head of the Mexican Embassy, Roberto Canseco, tries to stop them, is contained by police.


The reaction was immediate: head of the Mexican Embassy, Roberto Canseco spoke out:

“This is not possible. This is madness!!! I am worried because they might kill him. There is no basis for this. It is completely outside all normality, and they are doing it because he is a persecuted person. I am totally defenseless, the country is taken over by this group. This is the worst case I have ever experienced in my career.”

Article 22 of the Vienna Convention states that diplomatic premises cannot be violated.
Former Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge Glas.

Director of the Latin America Watch NGO, Augustin Antonetti wrote on X that the Mexican government might declare war on Ecuador for invading the embassy.

“If [Mexican President] López Obrador goes crazy, tomorrow he could declare war on Ecuador. The assault on the Mexican Embassy may be considered an attack on Mexican territory, despite sheltering a high-level criminal. This is going to get very ugly. Pay attention to what happens.”

An Official statement from the Presidency of Ecuador states that actions at the Mexican embassy were to “defend national sovereignty, with zero tolerance policies:

“The National Government informs the public that Jorge Glas Espinel, sentenced to imprisonment by Ecuadorian justice, has been detained tonight and placed at the disposal of the competent authorities.
Every embassy has only one purpose: to serve as a diplomatic space with the aim of strengthening relations between countries.
No criminal can be considered a political persecuted. Jorge Glas has been sentenced with a final judgment and was subject to an arrest warrant issued by the competent authorities.

Ecuador faces a non-international armed conflict, the repercussions of which on democracy and citizen peace will only be incremental if acts that interfere with the Rule of Law, national sovereignty, or matters of interference in the country’s internal affairs continue or are condoned.

Having abused the immunities and privileges granted to the diplomatic mission that housed Jorge Glas, and granting a diplomatic asylum contrary to the conventional legal framework, his capture has been carried out.
Ecuador is a sovereign country, and we will not allow any criminal to remain unpunished.
We reiterate our respect for the Mexican people who share our sentiment for the fight against corruption that affects our countries.”

Watch: The ‘Unidade de Flagrancia’ where
Glas is being held.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, officially announced on X the suspension of relations with the government of Ecuador:

“In consultations with President López Obrador, in light of the flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the injuries suffered by Mexican diplomatic personnel in Ecuador, Mexico announces the immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador.”

Mexican diplomatic personnel is said to leave Ecuador “immediately.”
Diplomats are, at this exact moment, collecting their personal belongings and leaving the Ecuadorian country immediately.

 

[Murt]

I guess embassies and consulates just ain't what they used to be

 

[Intestinal Fortitude]

oh well. Too bad
Guess no "respect" for Mexico

 

[Mongo]

there will be blood

 

[John Wall]

Guards without (loaded) guns become witnesses to such actions. Nothing beats a few belt feds in towers. Advice they could have used at the Texas border a while back.

 

[mzkitty]

Glas didn't kill himself.

 

[Grumphau]

What is Mexico going to do? Send Cartel gangsters to Ecuador?

 

[Meadowlark]

An embassy is by international law sovereign territory of the nation that maintains it. Short of war, an embassy cannot be violated or entered without permission.

 

[Sooth]

An embassy is by international law sovereign territory of the nation that maintains it. Short of war, an embassy cannot be violated or entered without permission.

Quite true. But the host country can turn off the utilities, water, gas, electric, telephone lines and park K-Rails at all the entrances. A minor annoyance perhaps until the Embassy runs out of food. And water. And any needed medical help.

 

[Imrik]

Wouldn't this be considered an act of war?

 

[Melodi]

Wouldn't this be considered an act of war?

Yes, it could be.

This got started when the information that the CIA, along with certain UK "Organizations," had considered storming the embassy of Ecuador to capture Julian Assange. That never happened because Ecuador changed governments, and the new government was friendlier to the US and allowed police to enter and arrest him.

But the idea of embassies being sanctuaries was already being questioned.

Now, Israel has gone and opened that door by bombing the Iranian embassy complex (the Treaty of Vienna covers all the buildings at the embassy complex).

So, now Ecuador has decided that embassies are fair game. This could destroy a significant underpinning of international laws whose roots go back centuries (and some go back to traditions several thousands of years old).

This is a very ugly sign that even some of the basic, agreed-upon traditions of the modern world are being thrown out the window by those in power. When that happens to a society, chaos often follows very quickly.

No matter what you think of Mexico or Ecuador, this is a very serious escalation of the chaos that tends to speed up during a crisis period of history.

 

[BUBBAHOTEPT]

I’ll admit, we are definitely in a crisis period of history..….