The black crisis between Mexico and Ecuador. Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena announced the severing of diplomatic relations with Ecuador after the arrest of former Mexican Vice President Jorge Glas, who was received by the Mexican embassy in Quito and granted him diplomatic asylum despite the objection of the Ecuadorian authorities. “During consultations with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in the face of the flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the injuries sustained by Mexican diplomats in Ecuador, Mexico announces the immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador,” Bárcena wrote in a memo. On. Furthermore, Mexico announced that it would sue Ecuador before the International Court of Justice “for its violation of international law.”

This decision comes, as López Obrador explained after his conversation with Bárcena, after “the Ecuadorian police forcefully entered” his embassy and “arrested the former Mexican vice president, who was a refugee and seeking asylum…” “This is a blatant violation of international law and Mexico’s sovereignty, which is why I have instructed our Chancellor to issue a statement on this tyrannical act, to proceed legally, and to immediately announce the suspension of diplomatic relations with the government of Ecuador.” Another fiery front in the global geopolitical scenario.