WATCH how Ecuadorian police 'manhandled, abused, mistreated' ex-VP Jorge Glas before arresting him

Days after its embassy was raided in Quito, Mexico released a video on Wednesday depicting the chain of events that led to the arrest of Ecuador’s former Vice President Jorge Glas.

Over the weekend, Mexico severed all its diplomatic ties with Ecuador after the police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest Glas who was lodged there.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, published a statement on X, saying, “Police from Ecuador forcibly entered our embassy and detained the former vice president of that country who was a refugee and processing asylum due to the persecution and harassment he faces.”

What does the video show?

The video, posted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, shows how the Ecuadorian police force broke into the Mexican Embassy by breaching its security.

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In the video, it can be seen that security forces entered the embassy complex without authorisation by jumping over the walls of the building.

▶️ The world witnessed the violence, abuse and mistreatment of our Mexican personnel at the hands of the Ecuadorian police, and the violation of the immunity of our embassy in Ecuador.

Mexico will bring these violations of international law to the international courts and… pic.twitter.com/rLAOOS3EnZ

— Relaciones Exteriores (@SRE_mx) April 9, 2024

After entering the embassy, police officials were apprehended by the Deputy Chief of Mission Roberto Canseco who they manhandled. The Ecuadorian police then carried Glas outside the building, arrested him and left.

In the X post, the Foreign Affairs Ministry wrote, “The world witnessed the violence, abuse and mistreatment of our Mexican personnel at the hands of the Ecuadorian police, and the violation of the immunity of our embassy in Ecuador.”

“Mexico will bring these violations of international law to the international courts and tribunals with the support of friendly countries,” it added.

Ecuador-Mexico relations hit new low

Following the incident, Obrador played the security video and said it showed the “authoritarian and vile” way police had raided the embassy.

He criticised North American allies Canada and the United States for what he said was not speaking out forcefully enough against the raid. Mexico has said it plans to file a formal complaint with the International Court of Justice.

Meanwhile, Ecuador’s Deputy Minister of Human Mobility Alejandro Dávalos told Organisation of American States representatives gathered in Washington, DC that Glas did not meet the requisites to merit receiving asylum from Mexico and could not be considered politically persecuted.

With inputs from agencies