Images taken by AFP showed police special forces massed outside the embassy and at least one of them scaling its walls, which were already surrounded by police and military.Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said authorities “forcibly entered” the building to arrest Glas.
She added that Mexican diplomatic personnel will immediately leave the South American country and asked Quito to “offer the necessary guarantees” for their movement.Mexico had complained earlier in the day of “harassment” due to an increased police presence outside its Quito embassy. Local media showed Roberto Canseco, head of the Mexican diplomatic mission, running behind vehicles believed to be transporting Glas from the site, shouting: “It’s an outrage!”
Lopez Obrador had irked Quito a day before Mexico granted the asylum request with comments equating political violence in the two countries. The Ecuadoran government criticized his comments as offensive and said the country was still in “mourning” for the slain candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, a fierce opponent of corruption.