MEXICO CITY, April 6. /TASS/. Several diplomats at the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador were injured during the storming of the diplomatic mission by the police of the South American republic, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Barcena said.

"Given the flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the injuries suffered by Mexican diplomatic personnel in Ecuador, Mexico announces the immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador," she wrote on her page on the social network X.

According to the department, Mexican diplomatic personnel in Ecuador will immediately leave this country and Mexico will appeal to the International Court of Justice to condemn Ecuador for violations of international law.

On Friday evening local time, Ecuadorian police stormed the Mexican Embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was hiding there and was granted political asylum by the Mexican authorities.

Earlier, Mexican authorities said they had granted Glas political asylum and had asked the Ecuadorian side for permission to take him out of Quito.

The former Vice President of Ecuador is accused of corruption. Glas was already serving a prison sentence from 2017 to 2022. Last December, the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported that the politician had requested asylum at the country's embassy in Quito. Previously, the diplomatic mission had refused to allow the police to arrest Glas.