Mexico withdraws all diplomats from Ecuador after storming embassy. Ecuadorian special forces entered the Mexican embassy in Quito using a battering ram.
Mexico had previously granted asylum to Jorge Glas, who had been accused of corruption. The incident is almost unprecedented worldwide: diplomatic facilities are considered the inviolable territory of another state. The Vienna Convention, a treaty governing international relations, states that a country may not invade embassies within its territory. The actions of the Ecuadorian authorities caused international outrage.