World Court rejects Mexico request for measures against Ecuador

FILE PHOTO: Lawyer Alejandro Celorio Alcantara and Ambassador of Mexico to the Netherlands Carmen Moreno Toscano attend a public hearing where Ecuador asks the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to reject Mexico's request to issue emergency measures against Quito over their armed raid on the Mexican embassy, in The Hague, Netherlands, May 1 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday rejected a demand by Mexico for emergency measures to protect its embassy in Ecuador, amid an ongoing diplomatic spat which has seen Mexico cut ties with the South American country.

Mexico and Ecuador have each filed lawsuits against each other at the ICJ, also known as the World Court, after the dramatic April arrest of Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had been living in the Mexican embassy in Quito since December.