Ecuador sues Mexico over asylum decision at World Court

Reuters :
Ecuador said on Monday it is suing Mexico at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking the UN tribunal known as the World Court to rule that Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to a controversial former Ecuadorean vice president was illegal.

Mexico’s government on Monday questioned why Ecuador waited weeks to file its lawsuit.

The case centers on ex-Vice President Jorge Glas, twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, who was arrested on April 5 after an armed raid by Ecuadorean police on Mexico’s embassy in Quito.

Glas had been living there since December as a guest and was granted asylum status shortly before the raid.

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Ecuador presented the lawsuit citing “a series of violations by Mexico” since Glas took up residence at Mexico’s embassy, its foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Ecuadorean officials argue that Mexico broke international law by interfering in internal affairs and improperly granting Glas political asylum due to the pending criminal charges he faces.