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(CNN Spanish) - The Mexican Government will present an appeal to the International Court of Justice against the Government of Bolivia on Thursday for its “violation of diplomatic obligations,” Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Government of Mexico denounced that Bolivian security and intelligence teams surrounded and “intimidated” the Mexican embassy and its personnel in La Paz.
The Government of Bolivia, through the private presidential secretary, explained that “they have received credible information that social organizations will march to the Mexican embassy to demand the expulsion of the former minister's presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana,” who would be insulated at the embassy.
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During the press conference on Thursday, Ebrard explained that nine people applied for asylum at the Mexican embassy in La Paz on November 15. Subsequently, the Government of Bolivia issued arrest warrants against four of those nine people who applied for asylum, which was communicated to the Government of Mexico eleven days later, according to Ebrard. For the chancellor, "clearly this is what is involved here."
Ebrard said that with the presentation of this legal instrument before the court, he hopes that the integrity of the Mexican facilities in Bolivia and those within the embassy and residence will be preserved and respected, as it is Mexican territory.
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