Tag: Jorge Glas

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 21:38 UTC

  ICJ: Now Ecuador files case against Mexico

  

  Ecuador's conservative government of President Danie Noboa Monday filed a case against Mexico before the International Cout of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague (The Netherlands) for granting asylum to a fugitive at the Embassy in Quito. Former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been sentenced to 8 years in jail for corruption, had sheltered at the mission until local authorities stormed it in disregard of all international conventions on diplomatic immunity and arrested him.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 20:11 UTC

  Celac joins worldwide condemnation of Ecuador's actions against Mexican Embassy

  

  Leaders of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Tuesday agreed to condemn Ecuador's April 5 storming of the Mexican Embassy in Quito to abduct former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum there after being convicted on corruption charges.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  International community repudiates Ecuador's attack on Mexican Embassy in Quito

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the governments of many countries in the Americas condemned Ecuador's decision to break into Mexico's Embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum in the diplomatic mission as he faced corruption charges.