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- Ecuador defended storming nan Mexican Embassy successful Quito, saying it was to apprehend erstwhile Vice President Jorge Glas.
- Mexico accused Ecuador of violating world treaties by raiding nan embassy, escalating tensions betwixt nan 2 nations.
- Latin American leaders criticized Ecuador's actions, citing violations of nan Vienna Convention connected Diplomatic Relations.
Ecuador connected Wednesday defended its storming of nan Mexican Embassy successful Quito past month, telling judges astatine nan United Nations' apical court that it acted to return successful "a communal criminal" — Ecuador's erstwhile vice president — who was holed up wrong nan negotiated post.
The connection by lawyers for Ecuador was portion of hearings successful a lawsuit revenge by Mexico astatine nan International Court of Justice that accuses Quito of blatantly violating world treaties by storming nan embassy to apprehension erstwhile Vice President Jorge Glas.
The April 5 raid, hours aft Mexico granted asylum to Glas, further fueled tensions that had been brewing betwixt nan 2 countries since nan erstwhile vice president, a convicted criminal and fugitive, took refuge astatine nan embassy successful December.
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Leaders crossed Latin America condemned nan ambush arsenic a usurpation of nan Vienna Convention connected Diplomatic Relations.
Judge Nawaf Salam, 2nd left, presides astatine nan International Court of Justice, aliases World Court, successful The Hague, Netherlands, connected May 1, 2024. Ecuador connected Wednesday defended its storming of nan Mexican Embassy successful Quito past month. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
"Mexico, for months misused its negotiated premises successful Quito to shelter a communal criminal" who had been convicted doubly of corruption and different offenses, nan leader of Ecuador's ineligible squad astatine nan International Court of Justice, Andres Teran Parral, told judges connected Tuesday.
In its lawsuit revenge April 11, Mexico asked nan tribunal to grant reparation and suspend Ecuador from nan United Nations. It besides asked judges to return "appropriate and contiguous steps to supply afloat protection and information of negotiated premises" and forestall immoderate further intrusions.
"There are lines successful world rule which should not beryllium crossed. Regrettably, nan Republic of Ecuador has crossed them," Alejandro Celorio Alcantara, ineligible advisor for Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, told nan tribunal Tuesday.
But Ecuador based on Wednesday that nan ICJ doesn't request to enactment now because Quito has already complied pinch nan measures sought by Mexico.
"This proceeding is unnecessary and unjustified because Ecuador has already provided assurances of its ain volition, some to Mexico and to this court, that it will respect and protect nan premises of Mexico" and different negotiated property, Teran Parral said.
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Another lawyer for Ecuador, Sean Murphy, said Mexico had made nary effort to discuss a colony to nan conflict betwixt them — 1 of nan preconditions for nan tribunal to enforce interim orders.
"By immoderate measurement .. location was nary genuine effort astatine negotiations," Murphy said.
Judges will apt return weeks to scope a determination connected Mexico's petition for preliminary orders.
On nan eve of 2 days of courtroom hearings this week, Ecuador besides revenge a lawsuit accusing Mexico of utilizing its embassy to "shield Mr. Glas from enforcement by Ecuador of its criminal law" and arguing that nan actions "constituted, among different things, a blatant misuse of nan premises of a negotiated mission."
It asked nan ICJ to norm that Mexico’s actions breached a number of world conventions. No day was instantly group for hearings successful the case revenge by Ecuador.
