The Member States of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – People’s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) strongly condemn the events that took place in the early hours of this April 6 at the headquarters of the diplomatic mission of the United Mexican States in Quito by the security forces of the Ecuadorian government.

The outrageous raid of the Mexican Embassy by military forces, as well as the kidnapping of former Vice President Jorge Glas, legally protected in the Mexican Embassy through the right to political asylum, and the abusive treatment of all Mexican diplomatic personnel, constitute serious and unprecedented violations of international law.

These completely discretionary and illegal operations represent a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the Convention on the Right of Asylum and Mexico’s sovereignty, which should be rejected by civilized countries around the world.

It is inadmissible for a government of our region to behave in such a manner, violating the sovereignty of sister countries and the peace and security of Latin America and the Caribbean, where the concept of political asylum was born and consolidated as an essential contribution to public international law and where we signed the Proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace.

The ALBA-TCP member countries strongly condemn this serious violation, reaffirm their solidarity with the Mexican government and denounce the attempt to replace the international order based on strict respect for the Charter of the United Nations and International Law with an order based on arbitrary rules, tailored to the interests of each actor.

 Caracas, April 06, 2024