BRUSSELS, Belgium.— This Sunday, the European Union (EU) condemned the “rape” of the headquarters of the Mexican embassy in Quito during the assault carried out last Friday by the Ecuadorian police to arrest former vice president Jorge Glasand stressed “the importance of respecting” the Vienna Conventionwhich regulates the diplomatic relations between states.
“Any violation of the inviolability of the premises of a diplomatic mission violates the Vienna Convention and must therefore be rejected,” the Twenty-Seven stated in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the European External Action Service (the EU diplomatic corps), Peter Stano.
The EU affirmed that protecting the integrity of diplomatic missions and their personnel “is essential to preserve stability and international order,” as well as fostering “cooperation and trust between nations.”
The head of European diplomacy and head of the EEAS, Joseph Borrellalso condemned this Sunday on the social network “rape” of the Mexican embassy in Quito during the assault by the Ecuadorian police, which he defined as “a clear breach of the Vienna Convention,” and asked “to respect international diplomatic law.”
Mexico immediately broke diplomatic relations with Ecuador, and Nicaragua did the same this Saturday, after the Ecuadorian police assaulted its embassy, with the aim of arresting former Ecuadorian president Jorge Glas, who was receiving political asylum there.
The Mexican Government described the assault as a violation of their sovereignty and international law, and was also condemned this Saturday by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterresand the United States Department of State, as well as Latin American governments of both the left and the right.
The Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela did so.
After being stolen from the Mexican embassy, Glas has already been transferred by plane to the maximum security prison of La Roca, located in the prison complex of the city of Guayaquil and reserved for the most dangerous prisoners.
The former vice president was under an arrest warrant and placed in preventive detention for the case of the reconstruction of the coastal province of Manabíthe most affected by the strong earthquake of 2016where he is accused of alleged embezzlement (embezzlement of public funds).
He also had to return to prison to finish serving a eight years in prison for two convictions for bribery and illicit association after not receiving the prison benefit of pre-release, after having combined the two sentences and having served nearly five years in prison, between 2017 and 2022.
Since mid-December 2023, he had stayed at the Mexican embassy in Quito to request asylum, which was granted this Friday, when he declared himself a victim of political persecution and ‘lawfare’ (use of the judicial apparatus against political adversaries).
Asylum to Glas was granted by Mexico at the time of greater tension in relations with Ecuadorafter the Noboa Government expelled the Mexican ambassador, Raquel Serur.
He did so in response to statements by president of MexicoAAndres Manuel Lopez Obradorwhich linked the assassination of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio with the Noboa’s electoral victory Front of Correista candidate Luisa González.
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2024-04-17 20:50:37