Venezuela's Maduro orders embassy in Ecuador closed

People stand outside Venezuela's consulate to do paperwork after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's embassy and two consulates in Ecuador in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Quito, Ecuador April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

People stand outside Venezuela's consulate to do paperwork after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's embassy and two consulates in Ecuador in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Quito, Ecuador April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

Police officers and private security stand at the entrance of the building housing Venezuela's embassy after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's embassy and two consulates in Ecuador, in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Quito, Ecuador April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

Venezuela's national flag waves on top of the building housing Venezuela's embassy after Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's diplomatic mission in Ecuador, in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Quito, Ecuador April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Karen Toro

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds an placard with images of Simon Bolivar and Hugo Chavez as he attends to register as candidate in the upcoming presidential election to secure another six-year term, in Caracas, Venezuela March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo

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Apr 17, 2024, 12:47 AM

MEXICO CITY - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro ordered the closure of his government's embassy and two consulates in Ecuador in protest of Ecuador's detention of former Vice President Jorge Glas, the Venezuelan information ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Ecuadorean police arrested Glas, twice convicted of corruption, on April 5, removing him from the Mexican embassy where he had been living since December.

The arrest prompted Mexico, which had offered Glas political asylum, to suspend diplomatic relations with Ecuador. REUTERS

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