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Mexico suspends diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police raid embassy

Ecuadorian police forcibly enter the embassy in Quito to detain former vice-president Jorge Glas

Mexico has suspended diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police forcibly broke into the country’s embassy in Quito to detain former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, deepening a diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Glas, convicted twice for corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, arguing he was being persecuted by the attorney general’s office.

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