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Kidnapping of Jorge Glas: US-Backed Oligarchy in Ecuador Locks Up Its Critics
By Andres Arauz, Eugene Puryear , Rania Khalek April 14, 2024
Mexico has cut all diplomatic ties with Ecuador after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito and detained former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas. Glas had been granted political asylum by Mexico earlier that day amid intensified political persecution against him. Andrés Arauz, former Ecuadorian presidential candidate and a research fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, discusses the brazen violation of Mexican sovereignty and the ongoing political persecution Latin American progressive governments and the former officials of those progressive governments are facing.
https://znetwork.org/zvideo/kidnapping-of-jorge-glas-us-backed-oligarchy-in-ecuador-locks-up-its-critics/
(The video says the Ecuadorian police removed their badges and name plates before storming the Mexican embassy to seize Jorge Glas, so they couldn't be identified. )