Mexico City. Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas launched a call for help to the leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil to intercede on his behalf, after being arrested in a police assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5. “I am in the worst prison in Ecuador and on a hunger strike. … Read more
Quito. At the same time that it was known about a letter from former Vice President Jorge Glas to the leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, and the notification of a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), for April 30 and May 1, Due to the assault on the Mexican embassy, President Daniel … Read more
Bogota. Former Colombian President Ernesto Samper and other progressive leaders who make up the Puebla Group proposed a humanitarian mission to verify the health status of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who remains in prison in his country after being detained in a police raid on the embassy. Mexican in Quito, where he was … Read more
Quito. The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, declared on Friday a new state of exception for 60 days, due to the energy crisis facing the country and to guarantee the continuity of electricity supply nationwide. The president also ordered the mobility of military and police at the national level to guarantee the security of the … Read more
Quito. A lengthy hearing that was suspended close to dawn on Friday ended without a decision on the habeas corpus request presented by the defense of former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas who was seeking his freedom after being captured on April 5 following an unprecedented police raid on the embassy of Mexico in Quito. … Read more
Quito. After almost 13 hours of hearing, the Court, made up of judges Liz Barrera, Adrián Rojas and Mónica Heredia, declared that the right to personal freedom of Jorge Glas was violated, as it was an “illegal” and “arbitrary” detention when kidnapped him from the Mexican embassy on Friday, April 5. In that sense, that … Read more
Madrid. A judge issued preventive detention against Walter Solís, former Minister of Transportation with former President Rafael Correa for the so-called Manabí Reconstruction Case. In addition, an arrest request has been issued to Interpol against Solís, who received refugee status in Mexico in 2021. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses Solís and five other senior officials of … Read more
Bogota. Colombia suspended the bilateral cabinet with Ecuador in response to the assault on the Mexican embassy by the Ecuadorian government of Daniel Noboa, President Gustavo Petro reported this Monday. “The bilateral cabinet with Ecuador that had been planned with President Lasso has been suspended,” Petro said in his X account. This binational cabinet was … Read more
Matthew Miller, spokesman for the United States Department of State. USA He insisted this Thursday that Mexico y Ecuador They must dialogue to resolve their dispute, after the Mexican Government requested the expulsion of the South American country from the UN due to the police raid on its embassy in Quito. “I have nothing more … Read more
Mexico City. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador maintained that Mexico is an independent, free and sovereign country, “we are no one’s colony. I also say this because of the aggression against our sovereignty in Ecuador.” For this reason, he confirmed that our country will go to the International Court of Justice to denounce the raid … Read more