Mexico has launched a complaint against Ecuador at the United Nations' top court, alleging that the armed attack on the Mexican embassy in Quito last week breached a U.N. convention on diplomatic relations, the International Court of Justice said in a filing on Thursday.
The raid caused international indignation, criticism of the South American country, and a diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Mexico.
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Mexico requests that Ecuador be suspended from the UN until it delivers a public apology "recognising the violations of the fundamental principles and norms of international law," Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena stated.
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She told a press conference that the purpose was to "guarantee the reparation of the moral damage inflicted on the Mexican state and its nationals."
Last Friday, Ecuadorian security agents raided the embassy to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas, who is sought on corruption charges and has been given refuge in Mexico.
The rare intrusion into diplomatic territory provoked an international outcry, prompting Mexico to cut ties with Ecuador and withdraw its diplomats.
At the same news conference, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stated that the suit's purpose was "to ensure that this does not happen again in any other country in the world, and that international law is guaranteed."
Ecuadoran President Daniel Noboa justified the embassy raid as essential to arrest Glas because he presented a flight risk, stating that he was prepared to "resolve any difference" with Mexico.
