Mexico suspended relations with Ecuador after the Ecuadorean police entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a politician who had taken refuge there, a move that Mexico called a violation of its sovereignty.
The politician, Jorge Glas, who was once Ecuador’s vice president, had been sentenced to prison for corruption, the Ecuadorean president’s office said. Glas had been living at the embassy since December and was granted political asylum by Mexico hours before he was arrested.
Tensions between the two nations have been growing for months, in part over Glas.
Analysis: The arrest could boost the political fortunes of Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, whose approval ratings have fallen amid an uptick in violence. He faces an election next year.
