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Ecuador’s raid at the Mexico embassy in Quito is a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations on which nations operate their missions in foreign lands.
The raid was to arrest Jorge David Glas, a former Vice-President in the administration of leftist and former President Rafael Correa, who has been sentenced for corruption
Quito , officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador
Quito is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes
The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha and Ruku Pichincha
Ecuador
Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
The country's capital is Quito, but its largest city is Guayaquil
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