Ecuador’s Attorney General Diana Salazar claimed that Glas was granted parole due to bribes that Ecuadorian drug trafficker Leandro Norero, known as “El Patrón,” had paid to judges and other officials across the judicial system.
The Ecuadorian government in a statement said it would “deplore” the possibility of Glas being granted asylum and that, should that occur, it would act “with absolute firmness based on the high interests of the State”.
Glas had been convicted in two separate bribery and corruption cases, one tied to the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and the other stemming from a scheme that collected bribes for public procurement.
The Ecuadorian foreign ministry announced on the social media platform X that the government had requested “consent” from the Mexican Embassy “so that law enforcement agencies can comply with the order of the National Court of Justice” and arrest Glas.
Mexico’s foreign relations secretariat in a statement rejected the “increased presence of Ecuadorian police forces” outside its Quito embassy, characterizing it as “harassment” and “a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention.” The Mexican government then granted Glas political asylum.
That night, López Obrador announced his government had severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador, while Mexico’s foreign relations secretary said it will challenge the raid at the World Court in The Hague.
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