On 5 April 2024, the Mexican embassy in Quito was raided by Ecuadorian police and military forces. Mexico and numerous other countries decried the raid as a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1954 Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum. [1]

Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.

The nations of Ecuador and Mexico first established diplomatic relations in 1830. [1] In April 2024, Mexico severed diplomatic relations due to a police raid on the Mexican Embassy in Quito. [2] Since June 2024, Switzerland serves as the protecting power representing Ecuador's interests in Mexico and vice versa. [3]

Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico’s government ended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy late Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas. Glas had been residing at the embassy since December and sought political asylum after being indicted on corruption charges.

Apr 7, 2024 · Mexico said it will file a case against Ecuador at the International Court of Justice on Monday after the late Friday night arrest of Glas prompted Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador...

Apr 11, 2024 · Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

Apr 6, 2024 · Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador's police forced their way into Mexico's Quito embassy to arrest a former vice...