Mexico tells World Court Ecuador embassy raid was illegal

People attend a public hearing where Mexico is set to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue emergency measures against Ecuador over the armed raid on the Mexican embassy, which Mexico says is a violation of international law, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Mexico told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday that an armed raid on its embassy in Quito by Ecuador breached international law.

The case centres on the dramatic arrest of Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, twice convicted of corruption and facing fresh charges, who had been living in the Mexican embassy since December. He was seized on April 5 in a raid by Ecuadorean police shortly after Mexico granted him asylum status.