International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country’s capital broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum.
The raid late Friday prompted Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to break off diplomatic relations with Ecuador, while his government’s foreign relations secretary said the move will be challenged at the World Court in The Hague.
Police broke through the external doors of the embassy in Quito to arrest Jorge Glas, who had been residing there since December. He had sought asylum after being indicted on corruption charges and it had been granted hours earlier.
The break-in was widely condemned.
The Organization of American States in a statement reminded its members, which include Ecuador and Mexico, of their obligation not to “invoke norms of domestic law to justify non-compliance with their international obligations.”
Would you invade another country to seize said fugitive?
The US damn sure would. Osama Bin Laden, for example
I didn’t agree with us invading Afghanistan to look for a bunch of saudis that were hiding in Pakistan.
Are this guys crimes on the equivalent of leading a terrorist attack? Aren’t they corruption charges?
Sorry Central and South America all just started popping off in the last few years and especially in the last year so I might be getting confused here
So it’s cool to raid another country if you feel the crime is sufficient?
See point 1
I’m not the type to invade anything, so no.
I’m not saying it’s an ok move to make, but in this world today this isn’t what I think are big violations of international law. And I don’t think much will come from it
I would love to fight against you, but I have recently tried to make a habit of not arguing with people who are right