Mexico: Lopez Obrador reveals new videos of the attack on the embassy in Quito | The president said that they in his government “cannot remain silent.”

president of mexico, Andrés Manuel Lopez ObradorThis Tuesday, he promised We will not do “anything by force” against EcuadorBut he will seek “everything for what is right” after the attack on the Mexican embassy in Quito and the severing of relations last Friday. The president revealed video clips captured by surveillance cameras inside the diplomatic headquarters Which show “extremely painful scenes of tyrannical assault”, such as the fact that Police agents pointed a firearm at Roberto Canseco, head of the Ministry of Foreign AffairsAs they carried Glass away.

“Violation of international law”

Ecuadorian police officers brought two trucks into the embassy. They took Glass to one of them while Canseco tried to stop him. Lopez Obrador He warned against this in his government “They cannot remain silent in the face of injustice like the one she suffered.” Diplomatic Representation in Ecuador That is why they are preparing the document that they will submit to the International Court of Justice based in The Hague.

“This is what concerns us, that this action is taken, because it is a violation, not only of our country’s sovereignty, but also of international law, the right to asylum, the right that all countries have to be protected,” López Obrador said. “For their embassies, it is not possible to Allow this, and it cannot be accepted under any circumstances.”

“Nothing by force, everything by reason and law. This is for the sake of the Ecuadorians, who are our brothers, so that there is nothing to fear, and as we always say, we are not equal, we are not tyrants, we are not vacos.” The Mexican president added: “We do not believe that problems will be solved using force.”

For her part, the presidential candidate for the Mexican ruling party said: Claudia SheinbaumHe expressed his “deep indignation” after the new video of the attack on the embassy was revealed. Sheinbaum, who leads all opinion polls ahead of the elections scheduled for June 2, expressed his “recognition of the courage of the diplomatic corps, President Lopez Obrador and Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena for the decision to sever relations and take the case to the International Court of Justice.”

“We add our voice to those of the countries that have provided support to Mexico. Violating international treaties and our sovereignty is unacceptable. The country defends itself“, he concluded on his social network

Friction increases

The crisis between Mexico and Ecuador began last Thursday when the government of Daniel Noboa declared Mexican Ambassador Raquel Seror persona non grata, in response to comments made by Lopez Obrador on Wednesday regarding the killing of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio and its electoral consequences. . .

Mexico announced, on Friday, that it would seek to bring in former Vice President Jorge Glas, as a political refuge, who was taking shelter in the embassy in the face of a criminal operation accused of corruption, due to which the Ecuadorian authorities entered forcefully to arrest him, which caused the severing of relations between Lopez Obrador…

Ecuador's president published a message on Monday in which he affirmed that he was “ready to resolve any dispute” with Mexico, but reiterated that “justice is not negotiated,” while Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld claimed that Mexico had failed first. To comply with the Vienna Convention and the Asylum Convention. But Lopez Obrador has now responded, saying: “No pretext or any excuse can be used to violate a right such as the right to asylum and the right to embassy protection.”

Mexico requests more international support

The Mexican leader confirmed that the Ecuadorian government felt “the support of other governments or powers” to raid the embassy and framed the attack as part of what he sees as an international campaign against its chief executive. For this reason, he asked the International Court of Justice to resolve forcefully, and It accused the United States and Canada of expressing an “ambiguous” position. For not condemning Ecuador's actions unequivocally.

“This case, if it is not reported as we do, is a bad sign going forward, which concerns all international law,” he warned. Lopez ObradorHe added: “If treaties and agreements are not adhered to, in this case the Vienna Convention, and other agreements, there is no longer diplomatic law, there is no longer respect for sovereignty, it is indeed the law of the strongest,” he concluded.

Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena said on Monday that since the raid, Mexico has received “support” from 29 countries, including 20 Americans, including the United States and Canada, in addition to eight international organizations. but now López Obrador criticized that they “went to the extreme, in the case of Canada, of saying that it was an alleged violation of international law” or “a clear violation.” “We do not allow or accept this,” he said.

The leftist president pointed this out “In the case of the United States this was a document, a bulletin from the State Department, that did not condemn intervention, aggression, invasion.” To the embassy, ​​instead, they “talked about seeking reconciliation, but without speaking out against this authoritarian act.”

“In addition, President Biden has not done so, as have other leaders who have expressed themselves publicly, so we believe that they want to maintain friendly relations with Ecuador, just as they do with us, despite an authoritarian situation like the one that occurred.” We are witnessing Lopez Obrador's confirmation.

“They are free to express themselves or not, the only thing is that I have a responsibility to inform the people of Mexico where there was solidarity on a serious issue like this, where there was ambiguity and where there was explicit solidarity.” The president warned against tolerating tyranny, and noted that Mexico “ “You don’t want the Monroe Doctrine to continue to apply in America.” Both Canada and the United States are trading partners of Mexico in the T-MEC free trade agreement.

After listening to Lopez Obrador's criticism, the United States on Tuesday condemned the “use of force against embassy officials” of Mexico in Quito. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan denounced that “the Ecuadorian government has ignored its obligations” and “jeopardized the foundations of basic diplomatic norms and relations.”

Condemned by the Mexican Senate This Monday in an active way The “violent raid” carried out by Ecuadorian security forces At the Mexican Embassy in Quito, because it “not only violates international law, but also goes against the close and long friendship that the two countries have developed over almost two centuries.”

In a series of letters issued separately, the President of the Senate, Ana Lilia Rivera, and the President of the Political Coordination Council, Ricardo Monreal, demanded respect for Mexico's sovereignty, the safety of the Mexican embassy and diplomatic personnel, and called on the Ecuadorian government to “reconsider its actions and resume diplomatic channels to resolve any dispute.” .

Jorge Glass, who was hospitalized, returned on Tuesday to the high-security prison in Guayaquil, where he was transferred on Saturday. The former vice president (54 years old) was admitted on Monday to a military sanatorium in the port of Guayaquil due to the compensation he was subjected to after refusing to eat for 24 hours inside the prison called “La Roca,” according to the local prison service.