Ecuador expels Mexican ambassador. President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador criticizes the conduct of the 2023 Ecuadorian presidential election.
Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after a campaign rally in the north of Quito a few days before the August 20 election. Seven suspects were arrested for the crime, but were killed in prison. Quito is also demanding the surrender of former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, the subject of an arrest warrant for embezzlement of public funds.