Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over embassy raid as tensions soar

Ecuadorian police forced their way inside embassy in Quito to arrest former vice-president who was seeking asylum in Mexico

Mexico is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top UN court over a police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador have soared since late last week when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into the diplomatic mission to arrest Ecuador's former vice-president Jorge Glas who had been holed up there seeking asylum in Mexico.