"Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Ecuador Following Embassy Raid"

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"Mexico Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Ecuador Following Embassy Raid"
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Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the breaking off of diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police forcibly entered the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum there. The raid has led to a deepening diplomatic rift between the two countries, with Mexico condemning the action as a violation of international law and sovereignty. Mexico's secretary of foreign relations stated that the country would take the case to the International Court of Justice to denounce Ecuador's responsibility for the violations.

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