Mexico welcomes home Ecuador embassy staff after armed raid

Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena speaks to the media accompanied by Mexico's ambassador to Ecuador Raquel Serur Smeke, Mexico's Head of Foreign Affairs and Political Affairs in Ecuador Roberto Canseco Martinez, and his wife Arcelia Olivia Valadez, following the return of Mexican embassy staff to the country after Ecuadorian police raided the embassy in Quito to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, at Benito Juarez International Airport, in Mexico City, Mexico April 7, 2024. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico welcomed the return of its Ecuador embassy personnel on Sunday, two days after police raided the facility in an act that triggered an abrupt diplomatic break while provoking global shock and condemnation of the South American nation.

Ecuadorean police and soldiers forced their way into Mexico's embassy in Quito late Friday night to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas who had for months taken refuge there, after Mexican officials offered him formal asylum protection earlier in the day.