Mexico breaks relations with Ecuador after embassy stormed

Ecuadorean police officers stand outside the Mexican embassy where they forcibly removed the former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas in Quito, Ecuador April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

QUITO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations.

Glas, 54, convicted twice of corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, a request Mexico granted earlier on Friday.