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Judges at the UN’s top court will Thursday hand down a decision on Mexico’s request for emergency measures over Quito’s embassy raid last month to snatch a former top Ecuadoran politician.
Ecuadoran security forces stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito in early April to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who is wanted on corruption charges and had been granted asylum by Mexico.
Mexico dragged Ecuador before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, asking judges to declare Quito in breach of international law and hand down “provisional measures” — court-speak for a set of urgent interventions — while its case was ongoing.
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