Ecuador intervened in Embassy communications: Foreign Ministry

by times news cr

2024-04-13 12:29:12

He Government of Mexico accused that his Ecuadorian counterpart intervened in the communications from Embassy in Quito prior to the arrival of the security forces.

The above, in the voice of Alejandro Celorio, legal consultant of the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE) during the announcement of the complaint before the International Criminal Court (CPI) in the Morning.

In his participation in the conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Celorio Alcántara commented that with “a lot of pride“The request to initiate proceedings is presented to the ICC and the violations committed by the Government of Ecuador are immediately listed, among which are:

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“Ecuador violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by intervening in our communications (…) by frustrating and not allowing the diplomatic work of our embassy and our staff.”

The federal official’s statement is reflected in the complaint before the ICC, which states that the head of the Foreign Ministry noted hours before the break-in:

“That a tactical military vehicle was parked outside the Mexican Embassy; When sharing their concerns and a photograph of the vehicle with members of the Embassy, ​​they mentioned that it was a military vehicle used to intercept cellular communications.”

In addition to the fact that on the day of the invasion the diplomats could not use their cell phones probably due to the interference of the military vehicle” and that:

“The landline of the Embassy security guard was not working, because Ecuadorian agents tore out the telephone cables.”

On the other hand, Celorio Alcántara also mentioned that there are people who are looking for “a balance in violations” on the basis that Mexico would have violated the asylum conventions, which would justify the invasion of the mission:

“Ecuador violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by violating the immunity of the embassy, ​​by breaking into the embassy premises without authorization, without any right.”

The legal advisor of the SRE stressed that, to those who resort to an alleged “right to force,” the Mexican Government responds “with the force of law”.

For her part, Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena explained that the Request to initiate the procedure seeks to:

“To judge and declare, that in case of a violation of the principles of the Charter of Nations similar to that committed by Ecuador, the International Court of Justice is the appropriate -judicial- body to determine the responsibility of a State in order to initiate the expulsion process.

In addition to the fact that this procedure seeks to test the international justice system since it is experienced “a moment of extreme weakness in the multilateral world and in international relations”.

On April 5, the Ecuadorian Police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito and arrested former Vice President Glas, accused of alleged corruption.

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The decision of the government of that nation led to the rupture – by Mexico – of diplomatic relations, in addition to the fact that several nations of the continent, including the United States and Canada, as well as member countries and the European Union, disapproved of the decision of the administration of that nation. Noboa.

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2024-04-13 12:29:12

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