Ecuadorian police and soldiers surround the Mexican embassy in Quito

Ecuadorian security forces have surrounded the Mexico's embassyinside which is the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glasreport media from the capital Quito.

This police and military siege took place shortly after the The Government of Ecuador declared the Mexican ambassador in Quito, Raquel Serur Smeke, “persona non grata.”

The above, in response to the “recent and very unfortunate statements of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorabout the 2023 elections in Ecuador and the murder of the former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio“, according to a statement from the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, reports the media outlet La Jornada.

Glas has remained at the Mexican diplomatic headquarters since mid-December; He requested political asylum in Mexico and remains there after stating that he is afraid for his safety and for his personal freedom.

The fence

Videos on social networks show that Ecuadorian police and soldiers surround the facilities of the Mexican Embassy.

This, it was indicated, to prevent Glas, who was vice president in the government of Rafael Correa (between 2013 and 2017), from trying to escape.

Against AMLO

Ecuadorian media published that Amanda Villavicencio, daughter of the murdered former candidate and journalist, Fernando Villavicencio, attacked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for his statement that “a candidate who speaks badly of the candidate who is on top is suddenly assassinated, and the candidate who was at the top falls, and the candidate who was in second rises. But the candidate who remains after this murder, as a suspect, continues campaigning, in circumstances, I consider, very difficult,” details La Jornada.

It was through her X account (formerly Twitter) that Amanda published a strong message against AMLO:

“López Obrador wash your mouth before talking about my father. Fernando Villavicencio was murdered by the gangsters that he always investigated. Some of them sought refuge in your embassies and in your country. How little mother do you have to give such mediocre and inhuman statements” , lashed out Fernando Villavicencio's daughter.

They give you 3 days to leave

It should be noted that the Ecuadorian government of Daniel Noboa gave ambassador Raquel Serur Smeke a period of 72 hours to leave this South American country, adds La Jornada.