The Foreign Ministry confirmed that its diplomatic staff in Ecuador are already returning to Mexico

Mexican diplomatic personnel who were in Ecuador He’s already returning to the countryside, Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Alicia Bárcena, reported this on Sunday.

“Our diplomatic staff leaves everything in Ecuador and returns home with Mexico’s head and name held high after the attack on our Embassy,” he said on his X account.

The return journey for the group of 18 Mexicans, including diplomatic staff and their familiescomes after Friday’s assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito by Ecuadorian police to arrest that country’s former vice president Jorge Glaswho had received political asylum on the morning of that day and had been part of the Mexican representation since last December.

Mexicans returning from Ecuador do so on a commercial flight supported by friendly embassies, who also accompanied them on their journey to Quito airport.

In this sense, the Mexican government thanked the support of the ambassadors of Germany, Panama, Cuba and Honduras, among other allies for the safe return of the Mexican diplomatic corps and their families.

“We thank the ambassadors of Germany, Panama, Cuba, Honduras, the president of the Ecuador-Mexico Chamber and the rest of the diplomatic staff for their solidarity with the Mexican people!”, recalled the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in

The Mexicans are expected to arrive at Terminal 2 of Mexico City International Airport around 11:00 local time (17:00 GMT), where they will offer a message to the media in the exhibition hall located in this terminal.

On Saturday, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, indicated that his government awaits the return of his compatriots and warned on the same social network: “They are not alone.”

With his return, the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador will close indefinitely and suspend services cislands for more than 1,600 Mexicans and businessmen from the South American nation.

However, he stressed in a statement, Ecuador’s Mexican and business community will be able to receive help through the System for Registration of Mexicans Abroad (SIRME), as well as in the embassies of neighboring countries such as Chile, Colombia and Peru.