Mexico's president says his country is breaking diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
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Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who has sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption.
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made the announcement Friday evening after Ecuadorian police forced their way into the embassy to arrest Jorge Glas who has been residing there since December, as a diplomatic rift between the two countries deepened.
Glas, arguably the most wanted man in the country, was convicted on bribery and corruption charges. Ecuadorian authorities are still investigating more allegations against him.
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Still. Raiding embassies is the worst you can do. Its basically an invasion of a foreign country. Even states like Russia do not do that.
But Israel somehow can...
Okay... i should have made it more precise: attacking a foreign embassy on your own ground. Basically the idea of an embassy is that its protected by the state, in which is located and its counted as soil of the embassies state.
Here is it explained in more detail: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/europe/interpreter-israel-syria-embassy.html
but also not without consequences
What are you talking about? Russia invades entire countries! They don’t give a shit about embassies. That’s for show.
And in this case, the question is: What is Mexico going to do about it?
Infiltrating Narcos and cuddling them is an invasion of Ecuador. Especially when there’s no embassy, hospital or safe house the narcos will respect.
This is straight up insane. Yes, Russia invades other countries. No, that doesn't make raiding embassies good suddenly. International laws should be respected (and that goes for the west as well). Violating international law without any repercussions sets a very bad precedent (like unlawful invasions - see Irak, Ukraine).