Mexico will take Ecuador before the International Court of Justice. The Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has sued the South American country this Thursday for the violent assault on the Mexican Embassy in Quito on April 5.

“The violent aggression is what we are taking before the international court,” said Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena this Thursday in a conference with the Mexican president. The lawsuit also includes the request to expel him from the organization if it is proven before the Court that the principles established by the founding charter of the United Nations were violated. The temporary suspension that has been requested, as detailed by the Mexican Government, is "as long as a public apology is not issued recognizing the violation of the fundamental principles of international law," said the Foreign Minister. The request has been made “with the purpose of guaranteeing reparation for the moral damage inflicted on the Mexico State,’ said the Chancellor of the Foreign Ministry. The images of the assault were recorded on the legation's security cameras and were released by L Obrador this week. Once inside, they can be seen manhandling and pointing guns at Mexican officials as they drag Glas out.