Mexico cuts diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police storm embassy to arrest ex-VP • FRANCE 24

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3 ай бұрын

Mexico's government severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, an extraordinary use of force that shocked and mystified regional leaders and diplomats. Ecuadorian police late Friday broke through the external doors of the embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest Jorge Glas, who had been residing there since December. Glas sought political asylum at the embassy after being indicted on corruption charges.
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@ruyaal 3 ай бұрын

Now it’s confirmed: A banana republic.

@pasofino9583 3 ай бұрын

They won’t have even that after this.

@Krq11 3 ай бұрын

The best in the world

@V.E.R.O. 3 ай бұрын

Platano Republic, their plantains are delicious!

@pasofino9583 2 ай бұрын

@@pepemedonoso3836 wait till you read about all the coke Ecuador traffics kid.

@pepemedonoso3836 2 ай бұрын

@@pasofino9583 coke trafficked mainly for Mexican cartels the ones that support that so call president in Mexico, kid.

@myusernameisnotfound 3 ай бұрын

The US born Ecuadorian president is either stupid or has backing by a certain country. Mexican president was answering a question from one of the reporters. Shouldn’t have escalated to this point.

@V.E.R.O. 3 ай бұрын

Has the US said anything about it? I haven't seen any clips.

@the_real_idoit8166 3 ай бұрын

@@V.E.R.O.nope which mostly likely means they’re okay with it

@myusernameisnotfound 3 ай бұрын

The US posted a 2 sentence reply on their government website last I heard, condemning Ecuador. Weak but something is better than nothing. Mexico is their largest trading partner you think there would be a strong reply. Word on the street is that US wants a military base in Ecuador so they want to play nice . Who knows. Canadian response was a joke though.

@BlackTarH 3 ай бұрын

Ecuador is one to talk, they gave asylum to Assange who was facing charges in 2 countries

@martinbenitez13 3 ай бұрын

they gave asylum to Assange when the 'presindent' of Ecuador was the narco-criminal Rafael Correa, when he left the office, ecuador revoke his permission so he was captured by the UK police in london

@marthacastro9162 3 ай бұрын

@@mikes4142 is that an excuse to attack another country in such manner?

@fernandoorihuela1608 3 ай бұрын

Being charged and fleeing from conviction is very different. This VP only resorted to asylum after finding out he lost case and would be charged.

@daveg695 3 ай бұрын

@@mikes4142 But you don't explain how that excuses violating international law...

@xtrey19x 3 ай бұрын

@@mikes4142Yea Assange wasn’t convicted, because in that case Ecuador was doing what they now accuse Mexico of doing which is interfere with criminals proceedings.

@juanjosehernandez6625 3 ай бұрын

Ecuador is trying to justify its mistake with silly arguments

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

How can Mexico justify its interference with Ecuador's domestic affairs by harboring a criminal? Go ahead and explain.

@juanjosehernandez6625 3 ай бұрын

@@cw9282 An embassy can never be intervened because that is equivalent to a declaration of war. There are other legal means to claim a criminal refugee in that embassy

@RobertSmith-cx2zh 3 ай бұрын

Exactly its not like ecuator hoast a criminal for year ls in England ohh wait, they did never mind @cw9282

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

@@juanjosehernandez6625 You didn't answer my question.

@a.r.h9919 2 ай бұрын

@@cw9282he answered your question you cannot raid and embassy and think all will be merry

@Sarah-fegari 3 ай бұрын

Ecuador = a 🍌 banana Republic 😅😂

@pepemedonoso3836 2 ай бұрын

Mexico= Narco-Republic.

@solis4920 3 ай бұрын

Big mistake from Ecuador that’s a no,no

@jurassictyrantkingYT 3 ай бұрын

Whether Ecuador thinks it's right or not it was a huge violation of international law. I don't think it was worth Ecuador losing its relations with Mexico. Whether the man was guilty or not you do not violate international law by invading an Embassy that is protected by the UN.

@chrysllerryu4171 3 ай бұрын

it doesn't matter if an embassy harbor a criminal or a terrorist, embassies are considered part of a countries territory. if a country hosting an embassy attack it, then its an act of invasion and considered act of war. embassies have rights to grant assylum, and there are diplomatic ways to extrajudiciary arrest a criminal that gain assylum. why equador need to resort to such barbaric way.

@IntrovertedN00b 3 ай бұрын

This pales in comparison to what Israel did to the Iran embassy

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

The crime was committed when the embassy interfered with domestic affairs by harboring a criminal. So Mexico started it first.

@user-nb7jm9if3q 3 ай бұрын

@cw9282 MAN YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY HUH?!... IGNORANT OF YOU TO COMMENT THIS... BUT THEN AGAIN YOUR TRUE COLORS SHOW!!! INFORM YOURSELF NEXT TIME... 🙄

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

@@user-nb7jm9if3q Go ahead and tell me how I'm ignorant. What fact did I ignore?

@marthacastro9162 3 ай бұрын

Is there any common sense in the world anymore?

@Nuestroderechoadisentir 3 ай бұрын

Agenda americana deshumanizar todo para poder invadir.

@redwood421 3 ай бұрын

Common sense went out the window decades ago. Power is what corrupts.

@birbwatcher5515 3 ай бұрын

A few greedy one took the dollars. the rest of is history. like a bad hollywood movie

@Silverfiddha 3 ай бұрын

Embassies now need to protect themselves from the host country.

@theprobruno7807 3 ай бұрын

Good for Mexico. They should do that and more. This whole situation should be investigated because this looks like Ecuador had outside help or had an OK by a bigger boss.

@JoelLessing 3 ай бұрын

The problem with your reasoning is that Mexico could likewise seize the Ecuadorian embassy and arrest and hold their diplomats for their entire lifespan; and in fact, this may well happen.

@V.E.R.O. 3 ай бұрын

Which boss?

@bossgameplay8924 3 ай бұрын

Bingo

@theprobruno7807 3 ай бұрын

@@V.E.R.O. I think we all know who that is.

@V.E.R.O. 3 ай бұрын

@@theprobruno7807 Why would they do it though? You would think Mexico would rank higher in strategic importance.

@stevenhenry5267 3 ай бұрын

Major diplomatic faux pas. Big mistake.

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

So is harboring a criminal.

@soupdrinker 3 ай бұрын

@@cw9282 The person already served their prison sentence and got out but the opposing political party wanted him to go back and get sentenced again for the crimes he already served time for. That is double jeopardy. It is against international law to force entry into a foreign embassy. It isn’t against international law to grant asylum to politicians no matter how controversial they are. Ecuador granted political asylum to a very controversial politician so Mexico did the same with one of theirs. It isn’t illegal. Ecuador is the one who has made a very serious illegal violation in this situation. Even if the political prosecution refugee has questionable past, the illegal move by Ecuador just made it a lot worse for themselves and doesn’t help their case at all

@cw9282 3 ай бұрын

@@soupdrinker "Ecuador granted political asylum to a very controversial politician" --> who are you talking about? Julian Assange? He's not a politician. He's the founder of Wikileaks who disclosed atrocities committed by American soldiers in the Middle East. He was disclosing truth and was targeted by the Americans because they didn't like him disclosing that truth. In contrast, Jorge Glas has been convicted of stealing $13.5 million, bribery of court officials, misuse of public funds while in office. Now, they've found out that he misused public funds that was dedicated to rebuilding Manabí Province after a 2016 earthquake, so he ran into this embassy to hide. If you really want to compare Assange to Glas, then you really have some morality issues (in that you can't see right from wrong). Assange was trying to disclose atrocities. Glas was committing atrocities.

@dindongdindong8565 3 ай бұрын

unthinkable mistake

@luiscruz3698 3 ай бұрын

I have never heard of this until this disgrace happened.

@Tragic2002 3 ай бұрын

“Over embassy arrest” they went in an embassy without permission, that’s an invasion/ act of war

@elliemaxineperalta3763 3 ай бұрын

This event sets a huge dangerous precedent for us all.

@joelvalles5396 3 ай бұрын

Viva Mexico Kabrones!

@heidiaeschlimann2244 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏para mexico

@raiderhank 3 ай бұрын

Now lets see how the international court handles this.. They need to be firm but fair but hold Ecuador accountable... Its a tricky line to play... I know one thing.. The punishment needs to be severe enough that other countries will think twice before doing this...

@redwood421 3 ай бұрын

Israel bombed an Iranian Embassy building, violating international law, and the world has done nothing to hold them accountable. Nations could have expelled Israeli diplomats from their countries but no action was taken. Ecuador viewed that and thought nothing of also violating international law by breaking into a Mexican Embassy. Mexico was right in ending ties with Ecuador and other nations should follow suit, but they probably won't. When international law goes unpunished it is basically a green light for countries to act as they please. The world is descending into utter chaos.

@leolyon2373 3 ай бұрын

How long did Julian hide out in the Equadorian Embassy. What a ridiculous silly little country.

@americaisacontinent. 3 ай бұрын

Its an American conflict. For those that don't know, America is a continent not a country. Both Ecuador and Mexico are American countries.. Both American countries will sort out their differences one way or another. It won't escalate..

@AizelSenobio 3 ай бұрын

I see that Ecuador has learned well from the US and Israel: they can just ignore diplomatic protocol that has been maintained for centuries.

@AlexanderHorusKingdom 2 ай бұрын

This is isn't true, Ecuador cut ties with Mexico first over Mexican president saying a comment that Ecuador's president disliked..

@crypticnomad 3 ай бұрын

Is the sovereignty of an embassy actually written down somewhere in international law? Was this an actual violation of international law or was it basically just "rude" like farting in an elevator or something? If it was an actual violation of international law then the president of Ecuador should be jailed for ordering the violation of international law. I could see Mexico having a good case for extradition and a trial in Mexican courts.

@JoelLessing 3 ай бұрын

Yes, it is written down in international law in the Vienna Convention, to which Mexico and Ecuador are both signatories. This was an act of war.

@SoronQuenta 3 ай бұрын

It is in fact a violation of International Law.

@AntonioSerranoMx91 3 ай бұрын

1964, Viena. Arts. 3 and 22.

@V.E.R.O. 3 ай бұрын

Who will arrest him though?

@ishaqabah5851 3 ай бұрын

What about if an embassy is bomb?

@MariaMartinez-researcher 3 ай бұрын

It's also wrong. Unfortunately, those countries most likely won't go to the international courts.

@soupdrinker 3 ай бұрын

“What about if” is useless. This is not about “what about if”. It already happened and it was illegal

@giovanniflormoran3506 3 ай бұрын

Correa shouldn’t been talking about corruption.

@stevenbalmir4628 3 ай бұрын

God Be The Glory. Repent Sinners!

@SpanishKnight1 3 ай бұрын

I don’t agree with going into an embassy, but I also don’t agree with embassies harboring people accused of crimes.

@MariaMartinez-researcher 3 ай бұрын

There are cases in which embassies are the only refuge left for people unjustly accused of crimes. Right after the coup d'etat in Chile, many persecuted people were given a place in the embassies and the nunciature (Vatican embassy) which directly saved their lives from unlawful execution and/or disappearance in exchange for exile. It happened that the dictatorship threw dead bodies inside their premises, so, no metaphors here. Yet, the dictator Pinochet never ever did something like this - the Mexican embassy also saved people. Four Ecuadorians were disappeared in the dictatorship. Ecuador should know better. Embassies are now what churches were in the Middle Ages, but asylum isn't given just to anyone who runs in: the Mexican ambassador must have found that the guy's situation was likely unjust. If Ecuador says their guy is an authentic criminal, there are all manner of diplomatic and legal proceedings to get him. What they did is the equivalent to a policeman shooting a suspect in cold blood. It's a crime, at the international level.

@uzielvidals9816 3 ай бұрын

Like Julian Assange right?

@marthacastro9162 3 ай бұрын

And I agree to disagree with you.

@redwood421 3 ай бұрын

People are supposedly innocent UNTIL proven guilty.

@leogallegos9359 3 ай бұрын

Why would Mexico harbor a criminal? I understand having a understanding, yet politicians have a way of putting up rules that shield and benefit only themselves above the common man.

@A1Kirazz 3 ай бұрын

Completely irrelevant, Ecuador broke international law which supersedes any supposed claims by Ecuador.

@hansb7020 3 ай бұрын

@@A1Kirazzwhy irrelevant? Mexico should stop protecting criminals

@A1Kirazz 3 ай бұрын

@@hansb7020Because international law supersedes your made up claims.

@stevenhenry5267 3 ай бұрын

Wrong wrong wrong. These laws are based on decades of international understanding and rules. Your attitude is silly.

@Annon-sp7kl 3 ай бұрын

International law is International law

@nospamallowed4890 3 ай бұрын

Entering into an embassy was the wrong approach, but we must keep in mind that Mexico had made it a habit to grant asylum to organized crime members that manage to make it into governments of South American countries. Just a year or two ago they tried to do it in Peru. They really should have just surrounded the embassy, broken diplomatic relations with Mexico, expelled the diplomats and arrest him either trying to escape or after the embassy property ceased to have that status. I hope this will start a discussion over Mexico's actions in South America. The takeover of South American governments by organized crime is a troubling trend, and Mexico acting as their escape path when stopped is even worse. Even so, I only consider Ecuador'snavtions semi-justified because they are in an existential crisis, with othanized crime assasinating politicians and officers of the law to gain further control.

@toni-xz6dd 3 ай бұрын

The government of Ecuador seems not to know how to use diplomacy and breaks international agreements and laws. It is Ecuador that looks bad in the eyes of the world.

@pasofino9583 3 ай бұрын

Com’on you really out here making a case for this, that’s not how embassies or political asylum works.

@nospamallowed4890 3 ай бұрын

@@toni-xz6ddagreed that Ecuador messed up, they are under serious stress and reacted wrong. At the same time they are playing into Lopez Obrador's dirty games. Two wrongs do not make a right. We must remain aware that they are BOTH wrong.

@ninaenamorada079 3 ай бұрын

What is wrong with you? Mexico has a history of protecting political refugees, it happened in Chile when murderer Pinochet tried to massacre left leaning people, and whether or not you agree with someone's political beliefs, they have a right for due process. That protection should be granted if the country is in crisis. Breaking this international law sets a dangerous precedent. There is no excuse, shame on you

@nospamallowed4890 3 ай бұрын

@ninaenamorada079 Mexico indeed has a proud history in the matter. That is what makes it so offensive to see it perverted by a president that chose to use that power to support members of criminal organizations hellbent to take over countries at the expense of their citizens. Peru barely avoided that fate when Castillo - after being exposed for his actions - attempted an auto-coup, failed and then was running towards the Mexican embassy and citizens had to use their private cars to block his path so that he could be caught and brought to justice. And still that sleazebag Lopez Obrador tried to help him after that. The problem is not Mexico and its history. The problem is the Forum of Sao Pablo cartel member that currently holds power in Mexico and might not allow free elections next time. As to Ecuador, I already stated that their raid of the embassy was wrong and that they should have followed international law to achieve the capture. Like surrounding the embassy, breaking relations with Mexico, expelling the diplomats and THEN.capturimg the criminal when it would no longer be a matter of violating sovran territory. The end result would have been the same, but without getting mud in their faces. Still, the real point is that no form of organized crime can be allowed to take over any more South American nations like Venezuela, like they tried to do in Peru and like they tried to do in Ecuador, as well as they are still trying (or already achieved) in other countries.

@jaym4697 3 ай бұрын

Go cry Mexico your attempts to influence Ecuadors affairs have failed and you guys are weak.

@soupdrinker 3 ай бұрын

They weren’t trying to influence Ecuador affairs at all

@me6057 3 ай бұрын

What lmfao

@BustANUt0600 3 ай бұрын

Yea because Mexico needs Ecuador right lmfaoa

@koiue.g8709 3 ай бұрын

Mexico gov don't really care and actually they already have some influence considering ecuador now would not be able to join the alliance of the pacific