The police operation at the Mexican embassy in Quito is especially serious in a region that has a hard time understanding where the limits are. The action ordered by the government of Daniel Noboa had as its purpose the arrest of Jorge Glas, the former vice president of the populist Rafael Correa.
The provision of safe conduct was missing from Ecuador, which instead sent a team of commandos who arrested the politician and attacked the Mexican diplomats with impunity. The precedent it leaves is so serious that the region should unite in its repudiation.