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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Jan HENNOP

Top UN Court Rejects Emergency Steps After Mexico Embassy Raid

The judges will hand down their ruling on Thursday (Credit: AFP)

The UN's top court Thursday rejected a request by Mexico for emergency measures over a raid on its embassy in Quito last month, ruling that Ecuador had given sufficient assurances that the diplomatic mission will be protected.

Ecuadoran security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito in early April to snatch former vice president Jorge Glas, who is wanted on corruption charges and had been granted asylum by Mexico.

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