Latin American LEADERS will hold a virtual conference next week to discuss the attack by Ecuador on the Mexican embassy in Quito to capture former vice president Jorge Glas, Honduras said on Thursday.
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meeting was originally scheduled for Friday.
The meeting was postponed until next Tuesday at Mexico’s request, said Honduran President Xiomara Castro, the bloc’s current president.
Castro said on Monday leaders would consider proposals for “unequivocal condemnation” of Ecuador’s actions and possible sanctions.
Security forces stormed the embassy late Friday to arrest Glas, who was wanted on corruption charges and had been granted asylum by Mexico.
The rare attack on diplomatic territory sparked an international outcry, and resulted in Mexico cutting ties with Ecuador, withdrawing its diplomats from the country.
After his arrest, Glas, 54, was taken to a maximum security prison in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil – notorious for violent prison riots and drug-related gang violence.
His friend and former boss Rafael Correa, who served as president between 2007 and 2017, said on Wednesday Glas was on hunger strike. (AFP/Z-3)
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