Ecuadorian police special forces attempt to enter the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas, on April 5, 2024.
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Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado said on Friday, April 6, 2024, that his country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into Mexican embassy in Quito.

“This is a flagrant violation of international law and the sovereignty of Mexico,” Obrador wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

The announcement came after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, detaining former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was seeking political asylum there, as a diplomatic rift between the two countries deepened.