Ecuador sues Mexico at ICJ over granting asylum to former VP

FILE PHOTO: Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas talks during an interview with Reuters at the Government Palace in Quito, Ecuador, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo

QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Monday it has sued Mexico at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, asking it to find that Mexico's decision to grant asylum to former Ecuadorean Vice President Jorge Glas violated international law.

Glas, twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested this month during an armed raid by Ecuadorean police on Mexico's embassy in Quito, where he had been living since December. The raid drew international criticism.