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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Sofia MISELEM

Ecuador Raid A Blow To Mexico's 'Sacred' Asylum Tradition

Considered the sovereign territory of the nation they represent, embassies are supposed to be inviolable and a police raid like this one in Quito is almost unheard of (Credit: AFP)

In the past century, Mexico has opened its doors to revolutionaries, Spanish exiles, and persecuted Latin American leaders -- a tradition that has been dealt an unprecedented blow by a police invasion of its embassy in Ecuador.

Quito has faced a barrage of criticism over its shock raid on Mexico's embassy in the capital to seize graft-accused former Ecuadoran vice president Jorge Glas, who just hours early had been granted political asylum.

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