The US reiterates its rejection of Ecuador's “erroneous actions” at the Mexican embassy

The United States reiterated this Tuesday its condemnation of Ecuador's “erroneous actions” by breaking into the Mexican embassy in Quito, after the publication of unpublished images of the police operation to forcibly arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, asylum seeker in the diplomatic mission.

“We condemn this violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, including the use of force against embassy officials. We have reviewed the images from the security cameras of the Mexican embassy and believe that these actions were erroneous,” he told White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan told the press.

The new images, captured by security cameras and released this Tuesday morning by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, show the moment in which the Ecuadorian police violently entered the residence in the middle of the night and He took Glas – who had taken refuge in the residence since December – after pushing and subduing the head of the Mexican consular section, Roberto Canseco.

The strange incident worsened the diplomatic impasse between both countries and caused López Obrador broke ties with the government of his Ecuadorian counterpart Daniel Noboa, closed the diplomatic mission in Quito and ordered the return of its diplomats.

The raid –defended by Ecuador as a sovereign action– was widely and harshly condemned by countries and institutions of the hemisphere. The US and nations from all political spectrums such as Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay and Cuba showed their solidarity with Mexico and rejected Ecuador's attitude.

“The Ecuadorian government ignored its obligations under international law as a host state to respect the inviolability of diplomatic missions and endangered the foundations of basic diplomatic norms and relations,” Sullivan insisted at a press conference at the White House.

The US national security adviser added that President Joe Biden's administration has asked both countries to work together to “find a solution to this diplomatic dispute.”

“To that end we welcome the meeting of the permanent council of the Organization of American States (OAS) this week to help reach a peaceful diplomatic solution,” Sullivan said.

The OAS, whose members include Ecuador and Mexico, was one of the organizations that immediately reacted to the incident by reminding member states of their obligation not to “invoke norms of domestic law to justify non-compliance with their international obligations.”

The organization will hold two extraordinary meetings of its Permanent Council this Tuesday and Wednesday at its headquarters in Washington.

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