ambassador expelled for AMLO comments

The government of Ecuador declared today persona non grata to the ambassador of Mexico in that country, Raquel Serur Smekefollowing the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke regarding the presidential elections in the South American territory.

Thus, the tensions between the governments of Ecuador and Mexicowhich originated three months ago due to the case of former Vice President Jorge Glas, reach their highest point this Thursday, April 4, 2024, following the Government of Daniel Noboa expelled the Mexican ambassador.

The reason for this decision was that the Mexican president made statements regarding the murder of the former Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and the apparent electoral consequences of that crime.

Ecuador declares the Mexican ambassador “persona non grata”

It was through a statement, published this Thursday, April 4, 2024, that the Foreign Ministry reported that the Government of Ecuador declared the Ambassador of Mexico, Raquel Serur Smeke, persona non grata. according to article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relationspoint out Ecuadorian media.

Whose decision is made appealing to the principle of “non-intervention” and in the context of the “unfortunate statements” of the president of Mexico, regarding the 2023 elections in the country.

“He Ecuador is still experiencing mourning for this unfortunate event that caused shock in Ecuadorian society and threatened democracy, peace and security,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador.

“The country continues to face organized crimewhich threatens the State, its democratic institutions and its population,” he added.

What did AMLO, president of Mexico, say regarding Ecuador?

And the president Lopez Obradorwho shares with former President Rafael Correa, described the 2023 elections in Ecuador as “foreign”, in his morning conference Wednesday April 3, and without identifying her, he alluded to the fact that the Correismo candidate, Luisa Gonzalezhad the upper hand until Villavicencio was murdered.

The president criticized the press for its coverage of the recent murder of a candidate in Guanajuato and suggested that the same thing happened with the Villavicencio case in Ecuador to hold Luisa González responsible for the crime.

“The candidate of the progressive force was going like 10 points up (…) A candidate who speaks ill of the candidate who is ahead is suddenly assassinated and the candidate who was at the top falls and the candidate who was in second rises, but the candidate who remains a suspect following this murder continues campaigning in difficult circumstances.”

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico

He also mentioned that, following this event, there was an atmosphere of violence, as he spoke of the candidates mobilizing with vests. “The most unfortunate thing is that the violence continues. They used the moment,” he added.

In those elections he was elected Daniel Noboa as president of Ecuador.

Ecuador and Mexico Relations

He impasse diplomacy between the two countries occurs three months following the former vice president convicted of corruption, Jorge Glas (vice president of Ecuador in the governments of Rafael Correa and Lenín Moreno), will take refuge in the Mexican Embassy in Quito to request protection and political asylum from the Government of López Obrador.

We must remember that on March 2, Mexico did not authorize the entry of the police Ecuadorian to its embassy to arrest Jorge Glas, who must serve sentences for embezzlement during the Government of Rafael Correa.

Former Vice President Glas has a location and arrest warrant issued in the criminal proceedings once morest him and is required by justice for the case called reconstruction of Manabí.

After the murder of Fernando Villavicencio, documents hacked by the Macaw group to the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), revealed that, at least since 2021, the Mexican cartels of Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) operate in Ecuador to traffic drugs to the United States.

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