From skateboards to spying, Assange arrest followed drawn-out dispute with Ecuador


Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno explains in a tweeted video why his country revoked WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's asylum, in Quito, Ecuador April 11, 2019 in this still image taken from video. @lenin/via REUTERS

QUITO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ecuador's decision to abruptly end Julian Assange's seven-year asylum in its London embassy on Thursday followed a long deterioration in relations, driven in part by suspicions he was secretly fuelling corruption allegations against President Lenin Moreno.

British police on Thursday arrested the WikiLeaks founder, who sought asylum in the Andean nation's diplomatic mission during the government of former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa - who saw Assange as a hero for leaking secret U.S. documents.

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