Mexican police stand guard outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, in Mexico City, April 6, 2024.
Mexico is asking the United Nations to suspend Ecuador’s membership in the international body until the Ecuadorian government publicly apologizes for raiding the Mexican Embassy in Quito, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on Thursday.
The demand is part of a case Mexico is presenting Thursday to the International Court of Justice, the U.N.’s top court, over the raid.
On April 5, Ecuadorian authorities raided Mexico’s embassy in Quito in order to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been granted political asylum in Mexico. Diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Mexico have been suspended since the incident.