Mexico breaks relations with Ecuador after the police assault on its Embassy in Quito. President López Obrador describes the assault as a “flagrant violation of international law and sovereignty” The Ecuadorian police forces burst into the Mexican diplomatic legation with armored cars and capture former vice president Jorge Glas, convicted in two cases of corruption.

In the following hours he was to receive safe passage from the Ecuadorian authorities that would allow him to fly to Mexico City, but instead Noboa ordered his immediate capture.