Mexico cuts diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy raid
QUITO, EC – A diplomatic crisis has unfolded between Mexico and Ecuador, following the arrest of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador severed ties with the South American nation on Friday, in response to the Ecuadorian police’s forceful entry into the Mexican embassy in Quito, where Glas had been residing since December. Glas, who had sought political asylum in the embassy after being indicted on corruption charges, was arrested …