Mexico takes Ecuador to top UN court over embassy raid in Quito [Video]

• Mexico has accused Ecuador of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
• Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador escalated following the raid, which occurred after Mexico granted asylum to Jorge Glas, a convicted criminal.
• Latin American leaders criticized the raid as a breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Mexico took Ecuador to the top U.N. court on Tuesday, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum by Mexico.

The April 5 raid, hours after Mexico granted asylum to former Vice President Jorge Glas, spiked tensions that had been brewing between the two countries since Glas, a convicted criminal and fugitive, took refuge at the embassy in December.

Leaders across Latin America condemned the raid as a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

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