Tension between Ecuador and Mexico continues: Daniel Noboa will not provide safe passage for Jorge Glass to travel to Mexico

After Mexico announced that it would grant political asylum to Ecuadorian Jorge Glas, Vice President under Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and the courts on charges of alleged embezzlement of funds, after the expulsion of its ambassador to Quito Raquel Seror, the administration of Daniel Noboa stated this. It will not facilitate your safe passage to travel to Mexican territory.

“In accordance with the provisions of Article III, Second Paragraph, of the 1954 Diplomatic Asylum Convention and Article 1 of the 1933 Political Asylum Convention, to which both are parties, the Government of Mexico is obligated to extradite Mr. Jorge David Glas Espinel so that he can be placed at the disposal of the courts of justice in Ecuador.This came in a statement issued by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Along these lines, the Noboa administration added: “The National Government has acted and will act in strict accordance with international law and in accordance with the rulings of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador, to support the fight against corruption and transnational organized crime, with the aim of eliminating impunity for corruption crimes.” In the exercise of public functions.

“In Ecuador, a country that respects international law, no one is persecuted for reasons related to race, religion, membership of a particular social group or for political opinions, in accordance with the Constitution, international human rights instruments and the laws of the Republic,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs details.

In this sense, Ecuador expressed its regret “that Mexico did not take into account in its decision, in addition to the above-mentioned agreements on diplomatic asylum, the obligations contained in the 2002 United Nations Convention against Corruption and the 1996 Inter-American Convention against Corruption.” Make the duty effective Cooperation to prevent and combat acts of corruption in the exercise of public functions“.

“For Ecuador, it is legally clear that granting diplomatic asylum to Mr. Jorge David Glas Espinel is illegal. Accordingly, Ecuador reiterates that it will not grant any safe conduct, as it is inappropriate within the framework of the above-mentioned agreements.“, highlighted the Noboa government, which also confirmed that it “will continue to provide protection for the buildings of the Mexican Embassy in Quito. Likewise, Ecuador provides all guarantees to Ambassador Raquel Seror Smeke, who has been declared persona non grata, until she leaves the country.

Earlier on Friday, the Lopez Obrador administration said that “after a comprehensive analysis of the information received, the Government of Mexico has decided Political asylum was granted to Mr. Jorge David Gala Espinel“Currently located at the Mexican Embassy in Quito,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) said in a statement.

Likewise, he indicated that this decision would be formally communicated to the Ecuadorian authorities with a request to grant her safe passage, in accordance with the 1954 Diplomatic Asylum Convention, an international treaty to which Mexico and Ecuador have joined.

Resorting to Glass Who He has been at the Mexican Embassy in Quito since DecemberThe announcement was made after Ecuador declared the Mexican ambassador persona non grata on Thursday in response to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's comments regarding the assassination of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

In this regard, the State Department criticized the actions of the government of Daniel Noboa by specifying that it had asked Seror to return to Mexico “to protect his safety and integrity.”

He pointed out that the ambassador, throughout her administration, adhered in her actions to the principles of foreign policy stipulated in the Constitution and international law, denouncing this and declaring it “undesirable.” “It clearly has a political nature.”

Likewise, he stated that the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador would now be in charge of Roberto Canseco, the current head of the mission's Foreign Ministry, and would continue to “operate normally.”

“Mexico regrets this diplomatic decision, which it considers disproportionate.”He confirmed.

The SRE rejected the increased presence of Ecuadorian police forces outside its diplomatic headquarters in Quito because, it said, it constituted “clear harassment” of the embassy and a “flagrant violation” of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

He pointed out that “it is clear that these actions do not comply with the usual practices of monitoring and protecting diplomatic property, based on the rules that regulate good coexistence between nations.”

Finally, he called on Ecuador to respect the country's sovereignty, not to violate the right to asylum, and to comply with its international obligations.

In addition, it held Ecuador responsible for any damage to the diplomatic headquarters, its accredited personnel and any person under the protection of the Mexican state in that country.

(With information from EFE)