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Mexico Cuts Ties With Ecuador After Embassy Raid
Security forces stormed the Mexican embassy arresting former Ecuadoran vice president Jorge Glas who was taking refuge there.Mexicosuspended relations withEcuadorafter security officials there raided its embassy late Friday night.They arrested former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas‚ who has been holed up at the Mexican embassy in Ecuadors capital Quito since December.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador instructed the countrys foreign minister to cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador‚ calling the raid a flagrant violation of international law and of Mexicos sovereignty.Obrador said Glas was a refugee and seeking asylum due to the persecution and harassment he is facing.The Ecuadorian presidency confirmed Glas arrest in a statement on X‚ formerly Twitter.Survival Shield X-3 is BACK at the Infowars Store! Get 40% OFF on the next evolution in activated nascent iodine HERENo criminal can be considered a politically persecuted person‚ the presidency said‚ stressing that Glas‚ convicted twice for corruption‚ has been convicted with an enforceable sentence and had an arrest warrant issued by the competent authorities.Ecuador and Mexicos diplomatic spat worsened fastMexican Ambassador Raquel Serur Smeke wasdeclared persona non gratain Ecuador on Thursday after Mexican President Lopez Obrador appeared to criticize Ecuadors recent elections‚ which PresidentDaniel Noboa won.Hours before the raid on Friday‚ Mexico granted asylum to Ecuadors former vice president‚ Jorge Glas‚ who has been holed up in Mexicos embassy in Quito since late last year after a warrant was issued for his arrest.Mexicos Foreign Ministry was planning to request safe passage for him to leave Ecuador.Ecuadorian authorities had meanwhile sought Mexicos permission to enter its embassy and arrest the former president.Glas was sentenced in 2017 to six years in prison after he wasfound guilty of receiving bribesfrom Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for granting it government contracts.He served time for the conviction and was released from prison in November 2022‚ only to face another arrest warrant for allegedly diverting funds intended for reconstruction efforts following a 2015 devastating earthquake.The former vice president‚ who had served under leftist Rafael Correa between 2013 and 2017‚ argues he is being persecuted by the attorney generals office.Trans Public Defender With Ridiculous Fake Breasts Goes Viral for Defending Leftist Protestors