Police assault on Mexican Embassy in Quito seriously hits Ecuador's credibility. Former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas has taken refuge inside.
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations enshrines the inviolability of embassies. Glas, who held the vice presidency with Rafael Correa and Lenín Moreno, has a prison order and has received two sentences for corruption - of which he has served five years. Mexico granted political asylum status to Glas. But Ecuador's Executive refused to let him leave, arguing that this asylum was illegal.