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Mexico Says Diplomatic Staff Leave Ecuador After Embassy Raid

Mexico's embassy in Quito, seen here on April 7, 2024, was the subject of an unprecedented raid by Ecuadoran security forces (Credit: AFP)

Mexico's diplomatic personnel were leaving Ecuador on Sunday, its foreign minister said, as the two countries severed ties after Quito's security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in a raid that prompted searing international rebukes.

"Our diplomatic staff are leaving everything in Ecuador and returning home with their heads held high... after the assault on our embassy," said Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena on social network X, formerly Twitter.

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