Ecuador defends before the ICJ the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito

The government of Ecuador raised his voice this Wednesday, May 1st, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to defend what was the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, an action that was carried out to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, He said that this was an “exceptional and isolated” act, and added that the person had been convicted of crimes related to corruption.

According to the Ecuadorian ambassador in the Netherlands, Andres Teranhis country has given the necessary guarantees to Mexico to fulfill its duty to respect and protect its officials and its diplomatic missions, however it justified the arrest of Glas following the assault on the Mexican embassy located in Quito.

“For months, Mexico wrongly used its diplomatic headquarters in Quito to shelter a common criminal who has been duly convicted twice by Ecuador’s highest courts of serious corruption-related crimes and is subject to ongoing proceedings related to more cases of corruption and other crimes.”he emphasized

EThis Wednesday the second public hearing was held regarding the abrupt irruption of Ecuadorian Police officers into the Mexican Embassy.or, in addition to the attack that the diplomat was allegedly subjected to on April 5.

Faced with this situation, Mexico accused Ecuador of having crossed lines that should not be crossed in international law.

However, the Ecuadorian representative said that the hearing that took place in court is “unnecessary and completely unjustified,” since they have given guarantees to Mexico, taking into account that it was an “exceptional” act, which is why they rule out decreeing the precautionary measures that are being requested.

“These events were highly exceptional in nature and their circumstances no longer exist today. Ecuador fully protects the Mexican embassy and diplomatic headquarters as it respects and protects all those in our capital.“, said.

He insisted that his country is “willing” to have these guarantees put in writing in an ICJ order, however Mexico ruled out this “act of good will,” which is why it brought this case before the international body “without having a real objective.”

He also stressed that There are currently no threats to Mexican properties in Ecuador, dismissing the insinuations given by Mexicowhich maintain that the Ecuadorian courts can order new entries into the embassy, ​​since they are not based on Ecuadorian law and there is no evidence of this type before the court.