Mexico has announced that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Ecuador following the arrest of former Ecuadorian vice president at its embassy in a police raid.
The Ecuadorian government said that police entered the Mexican embassy in capital Quito and took Jorge Glas into custody on Friday.
Glas served four years as Ecuador's vice president with leftist President Rafael Correa from 2013 to 2017.
He was accused of corruption and other charges and imprisoned until he was provisionally released.
Glas has resided in the Mexican embassy since December last year, seeking political asylum.
The police raid took place shortly after Mexico granted him asylum on Friday.
The Mexican foreign ministry said that it is breaking diplomatic relations with Ecuador "in view of the flagrant and serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in particular of the principle of inviolability of diplomatic premises."
It says it will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice.
Ecuador says that it will not allow any criminal to go unpunished.