Mexico Breaks Relations With Ecuador After Embassy Stormed

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gestures during a press conference in Mexico City, on Jan. 20, 2023. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas on Friday evening, seizing him from the Mexican embassy and prompting Mexico to suspend bilateral relations.

Glas, 54, convicted twice of corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in December, a request Mexico granted earlier on Friday.