A former Guatemalan foreign minister and two international analysts consider that Guatemala should support the sanctions that the Organization of American States issues once morest Ecuador, following the government of that country ordered the assault on the Mexican embassy to capture former president Jorge Glas.
The Ecuadorian Police stormed the headquarters of the Mexican embassy in Quito on Friday and detained Glas, former vice president during the presidential term of Rafael Correa (2007-2017), the same day that the Mexican Government granted him political asylum.
Assault
For former Foreign Minister Alfonso Cabrera, “Guatemala must maintain a firm position of rejecting the assault on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador,” considering that vital international agreements were violated and Mexican territory was attacked.
“This might eventually be grounds for a declaration of war. “The president of Ecuador made a serious mistake by giving instructions to attack the Mexican embassy,” he said.
Cabrera says that the Organization of American States (OAS) must take an urgent position and issue sanctions for Ecuador. While Guatemala must support the measures that are imposed.
“Mexico is Guatemala’s most important neighbor, there have always been excellent political and commercial relations, there is a long history of our good relations, we cannot fail to show solidarity, and Ecuador should feel the shame of violating international agreements,” said Cabrera. .
Invasion
The internationalist, Roberto Wagner, believes that, although former president Glas should be prosecuted for involvement in corruption cases, one of them the odebrecht case, The assault on the Mexican embassy should be taken as an “invasion” of that country, Because any person who benefits from political asylum is protected and that international figure must be respected.
“The only argument for forcibly entering a diplomatic headquarters is that former Vice President Glas represented an imminent threat to the security of that country,” he said.
He added: “The OAS must call an urgent meeting this week and Guatemala must support the actions, if it is taken into account that the elected government received the support of that organization during the electoral process,” he said.
Economic sanctions
The internationalist Luis Felipe Polo agrees that Ecuador violated the norms of international law and should be sanctioned.
“No armed force can enter a diplomatic headquarters without any authorization, even if an act of violence has been committed inside an embassy, the police must request authorization to enter and this must be well justified,” he said.
Polo recalls that there are no major precedents for assaults on embassies, more than those that occurred on the African continent during the war.
“In this conflict, not only the OAS must intervene, but also the United Nations Organization, the consequences for Ecuador can be quite harsh, there may even be economic sanctions by other countries, and in the case of Guatemala its position must be firm and support the sanctions,” he stated.
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