Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a protest note to the US embassy in Quito, which demanded that such incidents should not be repeated. The memo described the incident as “an attempted entry by ICE agents into the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis.” It stressed that the actions of consulate staff to prevent this had ensured the protection of Ecuadorian citizens who were in the building at the time.
What incident occurred in Minneapolis?
How did the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs react?
Who was involved in the incident?
What do witnesses say?
Minneapolis is seething after Trump's action
The incident occurred in time increased tensions in Minneapoliswhich is related to the operation carried out there to catch and deport illegal immigrants. At the request of US President Donald Trump, they were sent to the city approximately 3,000 armed ICE officers and Border Guard. In the last three weeks, there have been two cases of fatal shooting of two US citizens.
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not provide details of the incident, but witnesses quoted by Reuters who worked in stores near the consulate said that they saw immigration agents trying to enter the building. — I saw officers chasing two people in the street, and then these people entered the consulate, and the officers tried to enter after them. From what I saw, the agents were unable to enter the consulate, one of the women said anonymously.
Under international law, embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions of a given country are treated as the sovereign territory of that country, protected by diplomatic immunity against unauthorized entry by officials of the receiving country.
